Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Support the Bipartisan Federal Public Access Act

Bipartisan measure supports public access to research to fuel innovation and economic growth

Federal Research Public Access Act introduced into U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Washington, DC – In a move that signals the growing momentum toward openness, transparency, and accessibility to publicly funded information, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012 (FRPAA) has been introduced today in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senators Cornyn (R-TX), Wyden (D-OR), and Hutchison (R-TX) and in the House by Reps. Doyle (D-PA), Yoder (R-KS) and Clay (D-MO).
The proposed bill would build on the success of the first U.S. mandate for public access to the published results of publicly funded research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and require federal agencies to provide the public with online access to articles reporting on the results of the United States’ $60 billion in publicly funded research no later than six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
MORE: http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/FRPAAReintroduced2012.shtml

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