{"abstract":"With this notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requests input from the community regarding the NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting From NIH-Funded Research (NIH Public Access Policy). Complete and detailed information about the law at Division G, Title II, section 218 of Public Law 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008), the NIH Public Access Policy, and implementation procedures issued to date are available at http:// publicaccess.nih.gov/index.htm. This request for information (RFI) seeks input on the Public Access Policy as described on the above Web site. This RFI will be active from March 31, 2008 to May 31, 2008 on http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm. The NIH will post analysis and results from this RFI for public view onto http:// publicaccess.nih.gov by September 30, 2008. Background: The National Institutes of Health (NIH)--The Nation's Medical Research Agency--is comprised of 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov. PubMed Central is an archive of full-text biomedical journal articles available online without a fee. Articles on PubMed Central contain links to other scientific databases such as GenBank (http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Genbank/) and PubChem (http:// pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). Articles collected under the Public Access Policy are archived on PubMed Central. More information about PubMed Central is available at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/ faq.html. Prior to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, NIH's voluntary Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-05-022 available at http:// grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html and in the section on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION) encouraged but did not require those receiving NIH funding to deposit their peer reviewed manuscripts into PubMed Central. 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