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Background
On February 22, 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum entitled Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf) (2013 Memo). This memorandum requires certain federal agencies to make the results of federally funded scientific research available to and useful for the public, industry, and the scientific community.
The AHRQ Public Access Policy for Scientific Publications, in effect since 2016, was in response to the 2013 Memo, requiring that AHRQ-supported researchers submit their final peer-reviewed manuscripts to the PubMed Central® digital archive of full-text biomedical literature upon acceptance for publication. Since then, AHRQ has made manuscripts freely available to the public after an allowable embargo period of not more than 12 months after the official date of publication.
On August 25, 2022, the OSTP released updated policy guidance (2022 OSTP Memo) to further promote equity and advance trust
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