There's nothing wrong with planning, just that likely the petition had nothing to do with their internal discourse over open access reform. Obama's advisers pro

There's nothing wrong with planning, just that likely the petition had nothing to do with their internal discourse over open access reform. Obama's advisers probably already had deliberations going on. "Hey, there's a petition for this! Let's wait until we're done and respond to the petition." I sure hope that this petition wasn't the only reason why they decided to issue these orders.