On August 25, 2022, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memo called Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Researchand an accompanying media release. This memo, dubbed the Nelson Memo after Alondra Nelson, then acting Director of the OSTP, outlines public access (open access, OA) policy guidance for US federal agencies that fund research and development. Also released in August 2022 was the OSTP report Economic Landscape of Federal Public Access Policy, which examines potential economic effects of making federally funded research open access upon publication.

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• Winter, C., (2024), "The Nelson Memo: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research in the US", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.25547/2K93-PD42)

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Original publication: Winter, Caroline. "The Nelson Memo: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research in the US." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 9 Dec. 2022, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/the-nelson-memo/.

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