The document discusses increasing public access to publicly funded resources in the United States. It covers perspectives on transparency, economic impact, communication, and citizen participation. Current policies and initiatives regarding public access to publicly funded research and educational content are examined, including the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act and the World Health Organization's open access plan. The goal is to make more taxpayer-funded work openly available to the public.

1. Public Access to Publicly Funded
Resources: It's About Time
Timothy Vollmer
RTI Tech Conference
12 March 2013

2. Access to information in the US: a
variety of perspectives
Transparency & Accountability
Economic activity & Innovation
Communication & Efficiency
Diplomacy & Information sharing
Citizen Participation

3. Access to information in the US:
a variety of levels
Section 105
OMB Circular A-130
Data.gov

4. Publicly funded scientific research
Publicly funded educational content

5. Publicly funded scientific research

6. Publishing status quo

7. "Open-access literature as digital, online,
free of charge, and free of most
copyright and licensing restrictions."

8. New US initiatives: public access to
publicly funded research
FASTR
WHOA

9. “teaching, learning and research materials in
any medium that reside in the public domain
or have been released under an open license
that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation
and redistribution by others with no or limited
restrictions"

10. New initiatives in public access to
publicly funded educational content

14. This work is dedicated to the public domain.
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.
Attribution is optional, but if desired, please attribute to Creative Commons. Please
see the following pages for proper attribution to the third party content used in this
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