A new tool in MyNCBI  to assist NIH-funded authors was announced yesterday:
“A new feature now available in My Bibliography facilitates the management of publication compliance with the National Institutes of Health (NIH)Public Access Policy. From the new Awards View, eRA Commons users are able to see whether their publications are compliant with the Policy, start the [...]

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NIHMS servers will undergo maintenance and will be unavailable beginning November 13 (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. until November 16 (Monday) at 10:00 a.m. (EST). During this time previously-submitted manuscripts will be processed, although users will not be able to make new submissions, give approvals, or check the status of current submissions via the NIHS web [...]

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Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy starts before NIH-funded authors submit an applicable manuscript for peer review. NIH-funded authors are highly encouraged to consider the following points:
• Does the manuscript apply under the NIH Public Access Policy?
• Which NIH grant awards supported the manuscript? Use the NIH Grants Lookup Tool to confirm grant award [...]

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A new flowchart that combines compliance methods and documentation of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy is now available.  The flowchart also includes updated guidance as noted in the August 2009 NIH Notice NOT-OD-09-136.

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Are you funded by NIH and publishing applicable works that apply under the NIH Public Access Policy? If so, a PMCID is required to demonstrate compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy for works that are three months post publication.
 If a PMCID is not available, there may be several reasons depending on the submission method [...]

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NIH recently announced a new timeframe for use of the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) as documentation of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy when citing an applicable paper in an application, proposal or progress report.
A PMCID is now required for demonstration of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy for applicable papers that [...]

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In conjunction with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the libraries of Washington University along with its partners, the University of Missouri and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, are pleased to host a free day-long workshop that covers scholarly communication and strategies for author support. There are two workshop sessions being offered:

Scholarly Communication 101: Starting [...]

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NIH-funded authors are highly encouraged to consider the following points before  submitting their NIH-funded work to a journal for the peer review process :

What submission method will be used?
What version of the work will be posted to PubMed Central?
Who will submit the work?
When will it be submitted?
Who will approve the submission?
When can the paper be [...]

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Be sure to check out the NIH Public Access Policy website.  New/revised content includes:
Citation Methods This new page provides guidance on how to cite and locate the PMCID.
Journals that Submit all NIH-Funded Final Published Articles to PubMed Central  This revised page includes the NLM abbreviation of the journal, the eISSN, the pISSN, and the start date [...]

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OvidSP added a new field, Other ID (OI), to note the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID):
“The Other ID (OI) is a unique alpha-numeric code. In particular, it will contain the PubMed Central Identifier (PMCID), where the alphabetical prefix ‘PMC’ precedes the identifier. If the publisher has embargoed access to the full text, the date of availability in [...]

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