# No More Paywalls on Federally Funded Research: White House

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/no-more-paywalls-on-federally-funded-research-white-house/
- Published: 2022-08-31T09:15:55-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo credit: Deejpilot via iStockphoto. Article by Shawna Williams. The Scientist &#8211; August 25, 2022. The Biden administration will by 2026 require that all publicly funded work be deposited in designated repositories immediately on publication. In 2013, a memo from then-head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren directed federal agencies to come up with a plan to make all the research they fund freely available to the public within 12 months of publication. Today (August 25), the current acting head [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.the-scientist.com Related articles: Publishers protest Biden’s free research plan &#8211; E&amp;E News Breakthroughs for All: Delivering Equitable Access to America’s Research &#8211; WhiteHouse.gov Washington gives a big boost to drive for open-access scientific publishing &#8211; Science|Business Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio
