Access to Government Information

• March 2024

  ARL Public Policy Briefing (March 2024) This issue includes: Access to Government Information ARL Endorses Bill to Reform Preservation of Federal Records Copyright and Fair Use/Fair Dealing ARL Pushes Back...

• The Real Truth about the “Pro Codes” Act

  The Copyright Alliance has distributed a document entitled The Truth about the Pro Codes Act (H.R. 1631/S. 835). This is a response to the false assertions made in that document....

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  Subscribe to ARL’s Public Policy Briefing for the Research Library Community

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) monthly Public Policy Briefing highlights developments in ARL’s public policy priorities, issues that are relevant to the research library community in the United States...

• Summer 2023

  ARL Public Policy Briefing (Summer 2023) This issue includes: Appropriations Update ARL Opposes Appropriations Language That Would Defund Public Access to Research in the US ARL Joins Higher Education Associations...

• Public Access Letter on Appropriations

  On August 3, 2023, ARL sent a letter to appropriations leadership in the House and Senate asking them to remove Section 552 from the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill....

• Open the Government Letter on Presidential Records Act Reform

  On March 22, 2023, ARL joined the Open the Government Coalition in urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability...

• US National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2008 and 2023 Draft NIH Public-Access Plan Comparison

  Please note: This side-by-side comparison of the draft NIH public-access plan does not include the data-management-and-sharing (DMS) component of the 2022 Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo. NIH...

• What Are the Copyright Implications of the New OSTP Public-Access Guidance?

  The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) address concerns about public access and copyright raised by the August 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance, “Ensuring Free,...

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  ARL Statement on Digital FDLP Task Force Draft Report

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) welcomes the draft report of the US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). We look forward...

• OSTP 2013 & 2022 Public-Access Memo Comparison

  In August 2022, the Office OSTP published new policy guidance, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research” as an update to the 2013 “Expanding Public Access to the...

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