Have the NTIS (National Technical Information Service) digitize all research reports

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Have the NTIS (National Technical Information Service) digitize all research reports

Why Is This Idea Important?: The availability of technical reports to the public is now hampered by the high costs. It is to the public's advantage to make government information as widely available as possible, but that is not a workable idea if the products are extraordinarily expensive, i.e. for example $71 for an 11-page report.

Have the NTIS (National Technical Information Service) digitize all research reports, and make them available for FREE via the web. Currently NTIS charges prohibitive amounts for even the smallest reports, even in already-digitized format. NTIS also offers access to its database through private companies, i.e. paid services. All of the NTIS-stored reports were already paid for by the taxpayer and should be available electronically at no cost to the public. This service should NOT be available through a contractor service or any organization that provides "value added", i.e. the reports should be available from an NTIS server without going through any intermediaries which may want payment.

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