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		MikeTaylor on May 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Petition Obama adminstration to require free acces... Yes. But NIH is one of a dozen US Government departments that have research budgets exceeding $100M per year. And so far it's the only one with a public-access mandate.

jessriedel on May 21, 2012 [–]

The NIH has a budget of $30B, so it's not just one of a dozen.

http://www.nih.gov/about/budget.htm

If I recall, it has the largest research budget of any non-military US government body by far.

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