OSTP memo on opening data & publications
On February 22nd the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a memo on "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research":
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
For more read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/science/us-speeds-access-to-publicly-financed-scientific-research.html
and:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/increasing-public-access-results-scientific-research
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
For more read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/science/us-speeds-access-to-publicly-financed-scientific-research.html
and:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/increasing-public-access-results-scientific-research