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This report begins with an inventory of basic information: definitions and guides to histories of the growth of open access publishing and citation archives and descriptions of selected major open access activities. It moves on to summarize major points of difference between proponents and opponents of nongovernmental open access publishing and databases, and then highlights federal, including National Institutes of Health (NIH), open access activities and contentious issues surrounding these developments. The report also briefly describes open access developments in the United Kingdom (where a number of governmental and nongovernmental initiatives have occurred) and in the international arena. Finally, controversial issues which could receive attention in the 109th Congress are summarized.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking at a podium.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking in front of an American flag.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking at a podium.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is speaking in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials with other men standing around him.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standing with three other men in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standng in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standing in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

Howard Dean has served as Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In this photo, he is standing in front of a seal for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

The Navy in February 2006 proposed to maintain in coming years a fleet of 313 ships, including, among other things, 11 aircraft carriers, 48 attack submarines (SSNs), 88 cruisers and destroyers, 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), 31 amphibious ships, and a Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), squadron with 12 new-construction amphibious and sealift-type ships. In conjunction with this proposed 313-ship fleet, the Navy submitted a 5-year (FY2007-FY2011) shipbuilding plan as part of the FY2007-FY2011 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), and a 30- year (FY2007-FY2036) shipbuilding plan that the Navy is required by law to submit each year.

The Navy in February 2006 proposed to maintain in coming years a fleet of 313 ships, including, among other things, 11 aircraft carriers, 48 attack submarines (SSNs), 88 cruisers and destroyers, 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), 31 amphibious ships, and a Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), squadron with 12 new-construction amphibious and sealift-type ships. The Navy says that for its shipbuilding plans to be affordable and executable, the Navy needs to control certain non-shipbuilding expenditures and build ships within estimated costs. The Navy's shipbuilding plans raise potential issues regarding the shipbuilding industrial base, particularly in the areas of the submarine design and engineering base, and the surface combatant construction base.

Members of the armed forces on duty in designated combat areas can send personal correspondence, free of postage, to addresses in the United States. There has never been a comparable provision of free postage for letters or packages sent from family members in the United States to loved ones in wartime service overseas. Two bills (H.R. 923 and H.R. 2874) have been introduced that would allow family members and, in the case of H.R. 2874, certain charities to send letters and packages to servicemen and women in combat zones free of postage. H.R. 923 in amended form as a bill that would allow service members overseas to send vouchers to family or loved ones that would be redeemable for the postage expenses of one letter of 15-pound package per month is included in the FY2007 Defense Authorization Act, which is now awaiting action in the Senate.

Photograph of the Post Office in Arlington. The building has windows, a door, and steps in front. There are power lines and trees around it.

Photograph of Cravendale. The scene is of a house surrounded by trees with a pond in front.

Weekly magazine edition of the daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Rio Grande City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Sachse, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.