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Alliance for Taxpayer Access American Library Association Association of American Law Libraries Association of American Publishers Association of American University Presses Association of Research Libraries DC Principles Coalition FreeCulture.org Homeland Security, Department of House Appropriations Committee House Commerce Committee Information Access Alliance Medical Library Association National Coalition Against Censorship National Institutes of Health

Issue Description: Public policies or government regulation concerning circumstances in which government agencies or personnel make access available to the public or any segment of the public or provide any enhanced information products or services that can substitute for products or services provided commercially by private sector entities or persons. See "Copyright and Public Access to Federally- Funded Scientific Research: The Erroneous Premise of Open-Access Advocates and H.R. 2613" memo at the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) website See also Publisher issues regarding proposed NIH policy. (A,H)