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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has extended the comment periods for two recent Requests for Information. The deadline to submit comments on open access publishing is now April 6, 2020. With this solicitation, the OSTP is requesting recommendations on approaches for ensuring broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, and code that result from federally funded scientific research. Details about the submission process can be found at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-05/html/2020-04538.htm. Comments on a draft set of desirable characteristics of data repositories used to locate, manage, share, and use data resulting from federally funded research can now be submitted until March 17, 2020. More information is available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-05/html/2020-04530.htm. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space is seeking community input for their next Decadal Survey on Physical and Biological Science in Space. Sponsored by NASA, the survey will establish priorities and provide recommendations for research in microgravity and partial gravity for the coming decade. This is an opportunity to provide preliminary ideas regarding key issues, challenges, and emerging topics about physical and biological research that can only be done in space. More information available at: https://sites.nationalacademies....
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