Note that Elsevier has vowed to oppose this: <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/legislation/elsevier-backs-off-rwa-support-still-opposes-mandated-open-access/" rel="nofollow">http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/legislation/elsevier-ba...</a>
This is the very essence of a Big Company trying to hold on to its outdated business model which is in fact a direct threat to public good.<p>Signed and forwarded to lots of friends in the Academic community.
For the lazy, here is the petition: <a href="http://wh.gov/04u" rel="nofollow">http://wh.gov/04u</a><p>Yes, we all know that online Whitehouse petitions won't have as much effect as calling/writing your congressional representatives. But this is such a 'niche' issue that I could imagine something as small as a this having a real effect.<p>But call/write too, if you are so inclined!