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Article: NIH OA mandate passes.(Focus on Publishing)(United States. National Institutes of Health)(open access)
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- February 1, 2008
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One of the major victories in the open access (OA) movement was ushered in quietly during what is typically known as vacation week in Washington, D.C. On Dec. 26, President George W. Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007, a $555 billion spending bill that weaved its way around the House of Representatives, the Senate, the White House, and then back again since July. In one final dash of the presidential pen, it was done, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had a mandate to make all of its funded research OA. This requirement represents a historic first for a U.S. government agency and one of the largest single mandates worldwide.
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