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Proposed Open Access Legislation

Senators John Cornyn and Joseph I. Lieberman introduced a bill on May 2nd that would require free web access to publications derived from funding from federal agencies that have research expenditures over $100 million. The "Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 "would make it mandatory for peer-reviewed articles to be made available for free online within six months of publication. Eleven agencies have been identified including the NIH, NSF, NASA, EPA, Department of Agriculture and Department of Defense.

Via Open Access News and News Blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education


For more information try:

Press release from the Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA)
Washington Post article by Rick Weiss May 3rd, 2006
FRPAA FAQs

Posted by Joanna Blair on May 4, 2006 10:17 AM |

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