Any federal agency with $100 million or more in annual R&D expenditure is required to develop a public access policy, although not all of them have yet. Listed below are the federal agencies that must adopt policies.
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Interior
- Department of Labor
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Smithsonian Institution (Complying voluntarily. Budget is less than $1 million)
Several private research funders are also adopting public access mandates, including: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the American Heart Association, The Ford Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.