Author: Jocelyn Kaiser
A group of scientific publishers today announced a plan for allowing the public to read taxpayer-funded research papers for free by linking to journals' own websites. The publishers say that this will eliminate the need for federal agencies to archive the papers themselves to comply with a new government directive. Details are sketchy, however, and it's not yet clear whether the plan will accomplish everything that the government wants from agencies.
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/06/scientific-publishers-offer-solu.html?ref=hp
