The Public Access Submission System (PASS) is a comprehensive platform designed to help researchers comply with the access policies mandated by their funders and institutions.
Navigating the complex landscape of public access requirements can be challenging, as policies vary significantly across federal agencies, each with its own unique compliance process. These differing requirements often place an administrative burden on researchers and institutions, particularly when research is funded by multiple agencies, making compliance a complex and time-consuming task.
In addition, many universities have adopted their own open access policies, which further mandate that research outputs be publicly accessible. This overlap means that a single publication can fall under multiple policies, each with distinct workflows and submission criteria. PASS simplifies this process by consolidating and streamlining the submission workflows, enabling researchers to efficiently meet the diverse compliance requirements.
PASS is Open Source software released under the Apache 2.0 license.