I work for a small non-profit and have a bunch of journal articles from scientific journals, some of which are closed access. I would like to a) submit them to a government agency as part of a public commenting / stakeholder participation process for use in developing a management plan; and b) share them with colleagues (not in my organization, but in my field) for their personal research use. Are these legally ok actions to take? Does it matter how I acquired the articles in the first place?
Thank you very much for your help.

