Open Access NewsNews from the open access movement Jump to navigation |
|||
GovernmentDocs is an OA database of documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). (Thanks to Free Government Information.) From the site:
For more detail, see the November press release. Comment. GovernmentDocs is well-implemented. I expected to see scanned images of the original docs, but I didn't expect to see my search terms highlighted in the images or to see a first-draft OCR of the scan on the same page. What I like best, though, is the very idea: sharing these docs with everyone, multiplying the benefits that flow from the trouble of requesting them in the first place. Update. Also see GovernmentAttic, another OA collection of FOIA documents. (Thanks to Michael Ravnitzky.) |