On September 3, 2004, a notice entitled "Enhanced Public Accessto NIH Research Information" appeared in the National Institutesof Health (NIH) guide. In the notice, the NIH proposes thatall publications that arise from NIH-sponsored research be madeavailable free to the public within six months after they havebeen published. We applaud and endorse this effort; our actionsspeak for themselves. Since May 2001, we have offered the researcharticles we publish free on our Web site six months after thepublication date, and this includes all research articles, notjust those funded by the NIH. In addition, . . . [Full Text of this Article]