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  1. Eddie Bernice Johnson died on Dec 31, 2023. She was the first registered nurse elected to Congress & the first African American woman elected from Dallas. She was the chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

    She was a champion of federal #OpenAccess policies. See e.g. the letter she wrote with Frank Lukas to Arati Prabhakar, Alondra Nelson's successor, who took on responsibility for implementing the #OSTPMemo (aka #NelsonMemo).
    web.archive.org/web/2022101914

    #OAintheUSA #OSTP