Latest News from SPARC
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Friday, March 15, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau RFI on Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments to the U.S. Census Bureau's draft Plan for Providing Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
USDA RFI: Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments on USDA's Implementation Plan to Increase Public Access to USDA-Funded Research Results.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
SPARC Report Urges Action to Address Concerns with ScienceDirect Data Privacy Practices
Open Access · Open DataSPARC's new report on Elsevier's ScienceDirect documents a variety of data privacy practices that directly conflict with library privacy standards.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices
Open Access · Open DataThe Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices series documents vendor data privacy practices that directly conflict with library privacy standards.
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
NASA RFI: Input on Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments on NASA's Public Access Plan.
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
DOT RFI: Input on Development of Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments to the Department of Transportation's request for input on the development of its public access plan. The draft plan is being developed in response to the 2022 Updated OSTP Guidance (Nelson Memo) requiring all federally funded research to be made immediately and publicly...
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Friday, April 28, 2023
NIH RFI: Draft Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments to NIH's request for feedback on its draft public access plan. The draft plan is in response to the 2022 Updated OSTP Guidance (Nelson Memo) requiring all federally funded research to be made immediately and publicly available for free.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
3rd UN Open Science Conference Recap: Open Science Central to Achieving UN Sustainability Goals
Open Access · Open DataParticipants in the 3rd United Nations Open Science Conference called for policy and culture change to democratize the record of science. There was a sense of urgency for research to be shared across borders in order to accelerate progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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