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CHORUS urges OMB to preserve the policies and scholarly infrastructure that support public access, research integrity, transparency, and accountability in federally funded research.   July 10, 2026 Submitted electronically via Regulations.gov Docket No. OMB–2026–0034 Office of Management and Budget Office of Federal Financial Management Attn: Andrew Reisig and Joel Savary Re: Comments on Proposed Rule, […]

The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) CHORUS Forum convened publishers, research funders, infrastructure providers, software researchers, research software engineers, and open science leaders to examine how research software can be more effectively embedded within scholarly publishing. Daniel S. Katz, Chief Scientist, NCSA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, moderated the forum and emphasized that research software has become […]

The Research Data Management Forum, hosted on 20 May 2026 and moderated by Matt Cannon, Associate Director of Open Science Programmes at Taylor & Francis brought together experts from academia, publishing, research infrastructure, and funding organizations to discuss evolving practices in research data management, open science, and data sharing. The discussion highlighted the importance of […]

Directors were elected to the CHORUS/CHOR, Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Members Meeting held on 29 April 2026. Newly elected to the board is Annie Hill (American Psychological Association), Patrick Franzen (SPIE), M. Scott Dineen (Optica Publishing Group), Lauren Kmec (AAAS). Returning to the CHORUS board are: Matt Cannon (T&F), Nicola Poser (American […]

The CHORUS Forum on Trust and Integrity, moderated by Scott Delman, Director of Publications at the Association for Computing Machinery. Scott introduced the session speakers and reported the session’s focus would be on trust in scholarly publication and the rise of AI in misconduct. Speakers covered a range of areas from threats and opportunities through […]

The CHORUS Forum Accessibility: How’s It Going hosted on 23 March 2026 brought together over 100 stakeholders from the scholarly research community to discuss the evolving landscape of accessibility. The forum specifically addressed new mandates and the practical challenges of implementation. A Shift Toward Universal Design Moderator Nicola Poser (American Mathematical Society) opened by highlighting […]

Mayernik, M., Johnson, A., Julian, R., Mundoma, C., Murray, M., & Ranganath, A. (2026). Recommendations Toward a Framework for Adoption and Use of Persistent Identifiers for Research Facilities, Platforms, and Instruments. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18436644 Mayernik, M., Johnson, A., Julian, R., Mundoma, C., Murray, M., & Ranganath, A. (2026). FAIR Facilities and Instruments Workshop #3 Report: Synthesizing […]

CSIRO, a nationally funded Australian research organization, wished to show how its resources and facilities are used by scientists from Australia across the globe in order to illustrate its impact and warrant national investment. CHORUS and CSIRO agreed to collaborate in a project to establish protocols for identifying research resources and facilities in the published […]