View source for Submissions to Public Agencies

This is a page that catalogs submissions by Creative Commons to requests for information or comments, and other input to government and public sector bodies.

== 2015 ==
'''Letter to President Obama calling for administration support for OER'''
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sV3stjrzi3jB_knfGyfAft77qEUKR4Rj-soktIf5Vu8/edit Letter]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/45872 Blog post]


'''Japan: Release of Draft Urgent Appeal on TPP Intellectual Property Provisions and Call for Support and Opinions'''
[http://thinktppip.jp/?p=519&lang=en Letter]


'''Achieve.org coalition letter "A Broad Base of Support for High-Quality Open Educational Resources"'''
* [http://www.achieve.org/oerletter Letter]


'''Thank you letter to Congress RE: Re-introduction of FASTR'''
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/4/4e/4.9.15_OAWG_ThankYou_FASTR_Rep.Doyle.pdf Senator Doyle]
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/9/97/4.9.15_OAWG_ThankYou_FASTR_Sen.Cornyn.pdf Senator Cornyn]
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/e/e6/4.9.15_OAWG_ThankYou_FASTR_Sen.Wyden.pdf Senator Wyden]
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/4/41/4.9.15_OAWG_ThankYou_FASTR_Rep.Yoder.pdf Rep. Yoder]
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/d/d7/4.9.15_OAWG_ThankYou_FASTR_Rep.Lofgren.pdf Rep. Lofgren]


'''Joint Letter to Senator Ron Wyden to Oppose TPP Fast Track'''
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/6/67/Publicletter-Wyden-TPA-EFF-fnl.pdf Letter]


== 2014 ==
'''48 Civil Society Groups Demand Public Release of TPP Agreement Text'''
* [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/e/e8/Tpp_transparencyletter_12-2014-fnl.pdf Letter]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/44544 Blog post]

 
'''Response to "Questions for UNESCO's Comprehensive Study on Internet Related Issues"'''
* [http://unesco-ci.org/cmscore/content/questions-unescos-comprehensive-study-internet-related-issues Questionnaire]
* [https://docs.google.com/a/creativecommons.org/document/d/1L_ImX22W-ekboCeinT7xm-qKoil54YfJVKlC6l8PWzc/edit Responses to questions]


'''Coalition Letter on STM Model Licenses'''
* [http://figshare.com/articles/Coalition_Letter_on_STM_Model_Licenses/1130855 Letter]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43450 Blog post]


''' Open Letter to TPP Negotiators against copyright term extension '''
* [https://www.eff.org/document/letter-tpp-copyright-term-extension-proposals Letter]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43256 Blog post]


=== Europe ===
''' Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules '''
* [http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/index_en.htm Consultation information]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/1/12/EU_Consultation_-_CC_Europe_response_final.pdf CC Europe response]

=== United States ===
'''Department of Education: Secretary's Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs'''
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/06/24/2014-14671/secretarys-proposed-supplemental-priorities-and-definitions-for-discretionary-grant-programs Federal Register notice]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/1/1a/Comments_of_Creative_Commons_and_Creative_Commons_United_States_ED-2013-OII-0146.pdf.pdf Submission by Creative Commons and Creative Commons USA]


'''Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology on proposed Amendments to Section 303 of FIRST Act'''
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/7/76/5.21.2014_OAWG_Letter_in_Support_of_Amendment_to_Sec_303_FINAL.pdf Letter]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42765 Blog post]


'''Recommendations to Federal Agencies on 2014 updates to Open Government Plans'''
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/04/30/open-government-public-participation-we-can-t-do-it-without-you Blog post]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/9/9b/CC_and_SPARC_recs_for_Open_Gov_plans.pdf CC and SPARC recommendations]
** recommendations sent to Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, Department of the Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, General Services Administration, NASA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of personnel Management, Small Business Administration, Social Security Administration


'''Letter from SPARC Open Access Working Group to Congress about Section 303 in FIRST Act'''
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/0/05/03.24.2014_OAWG_Letter_in_Opposition_to_Sec_303.pdf Letter]

== 2013 ==

=== Europe ===

''' European Commission Digital Agenda for Europe (a Europe 2020 Initiative), consultation on recommended standard for public sector information '''
* [https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/consultation-guidelines-recommended-standard-licences-datasets-and-charging-re-use-public Consultation information]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/c/cf/Ec_psi_consultation_cc_2013.pdf CC answers to questionnaire]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/40741 CC blog post]

''' European Commission public consultation on open research data '''
* [http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/node/67533 Consultation information]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/3/38/EC_public_consultation_on_open_research_data.pdf CC response]
* [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/report_2013-07-open_research_data-consultation.pdf Final Commission report]

=== United Kingdom ===

''' Parliament’s Business, Innovation and Skills Committee inquiry (January 2013) into the UK Government’s Open Access policy '''
* [http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-innovation-and-skills/news/committee-announces-an-inquiry-into-open-access/ Committee inquiry]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/f/ff/CC_and_CC_UK_comments_to_Business_Innovation_Skills_Committee.pdf Response from CC HQ and CC UK]

=== United States Executive Branch ===

''' Department of Commerce: request for comments on Green Paper Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy '''
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/10/03/2013-24309/request-for-comments-on-department-of-commerce-green-paper-copyright-policy-creativity-and Federal Register request for comments]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/f/fd/Comment_of_Creative_Commons_to_Dept_of_Commerce_green_paper_copyright.pdf CC response]

''' National Academies planning meetings on implementation of the President’s Office on Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memorandum Public Access to Federally-Supported Research and Development Data and Publications '''
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf OSTP memorandum]
* [http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CurrentProjects/DBASSE_082378#.UY01tStxs4w Information on public meetings]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/9/93/NASFederalAgencieshearingonopenaccessarticles.pdf CC submission on articles]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/c/c1/NASFederalAgencieshearingonopendata.pdf CC submission on data]

''' Follow-up letter to OSTP '''
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/2/2c/OSTPletterfinal829.pdf Joint letter to OSTP and federal agencies requesting copies of agencies’ proposed implementation plans for public access to Federally-Supported Research and Development Data and Publications]

''' Department of Education Proposed Rule: Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria-Investing in Innovation Fund '''
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/12/14/2012-30199/proposed-priorities-requirements-definitions-and-selection-criteria-investing-in-innovation-fund Federal Register request for comments]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/5/58/Comment_from_CC_OCWC_ISKME_SETDA_to_ED_2012-OII-0027.pdf Response from CC, OCWC, ISKME, SETDA]

=== United States Congress ===

* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/0/0c/CC_support_for_FRPAA_Doyle_FEB11.pdf Letter to Rep. Doyle in support of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/0/0c/CC_support_for_FRPAA_Doyle_FEB11.pdf Letter to Sen. Cornyn in support of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/1/1f/CC_support_for_FRPAA_Cornyn_FEB11.pdf Letter to Rep. Doyle in support of Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR)]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/6/66/OAWG_FIRST_Letter_0.pdf Letter to Rep. Bucshon in opposition to portions of the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act (FIRST Act)]

=== States of the United States ===

''' California '''
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/4/45/CAletteronab690HJ-2.pdf Letter to Assembly Member Nestande in support of California AB 609, the Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/5/5e/9CASenateletter.pdf Letter to State Senators Steinberg and Huff in support of Senate AB 609]

== 2012 ==

=== World Intellectual Property Organization ===

''' WIPO Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities: “Facilitating Access to Culture in the Digital Age” '''
* [http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/wipo_cr_lic_ge_10/program.html Meeting agenda]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Texgpm520 Video recording of Professor Lawrence Lessig's keynote]

''' Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) '''
* [http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=25013 Agenda (CDIP/9, May 7-11, 2012)]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/1/18/Statement_by_Creative_Commons_to_CDIP9_public_domain.pdf CC statement on the public domain read by Mr. Andres Guadamuz]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/e/e5/CC_CDIP9_statement_on_access_to_information.pdf CC statement on access to information (prepared but not read)]

''' Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) '''
* [http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=25024 Agenda (SCCR 25th Session, November 19-23, 2012)]
* [https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/35199 Blog post on the draft treaty on Protection of Broadcasting Organizations]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/0/01/SCCR25_CC_statement_on_broadcasting_treaty.pdf Statement by Creative Commons opposing the draft Broadcasting Treaty]

=== Europe ===

''' European Commission Department of Education and Culture, Public Consultation on "Opening up Education – a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies" '''
* [http://openeducationeuropa.eu/sv/node/119978 Consultation information]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/EC_Consultation_Opening_Up_Education Response from CC Europe Affiliates]

=== United Kingdom ===

''' Research Councils UK Proposed Policy on Access to Research Outputs '''
* [http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-03/rcuk_proposed_policy_on_access_to_research_outputs.pdf Draft Policy, March 2012]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/RCUK_comments Response from CC]

=== United States Executive Branch ===

''' Department of Education Request for Comments on draft requirements, priorities, selection criteria, and definitions for the Race to the Top District (RTT-D) competition '''
* [http://www.ed.gov/race-top/district-competition Information and call for comments]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/RTT-D_Comment_June_2012 Response from CC]

''' Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on Public Access to Digital Data and Scientific Publications '''
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/11/04/2011-28623/request-for-information-public-access-to-peer-reviewed-scholarly-publications-resulting-from Federal Register: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/c/c5/Comments_of_Creative_Commons_to_OSTP_Publications_RFI_Jan_6_2012.pdf Response from CC to Publications RFI]
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/11/10/2011-29166/request-for-information-public-access-to-digital-data-resulting-from-federally-funded-scientific Federal Register: Public Access to Digital Data Resulting from Federally Funded Scientific Research]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/b/b2/Comments_of_Creative_Commons_to_OSTP_Data_RFI_Jan_12_2012.pdf Response from CC to Data RFI]

=== United States Congress ===
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/0/0c/Frpaa-house-thanks.pdf Letter to Rep. Doyle in support of Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/9/97/Oawg-on-3699.pdf Letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in opposition to the Research Works Act (H.R. 3699)]

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