PLoS Biology: Bipartisan Bill for Public Access to Research—Time for Action

Published By: PLoS Biology on eSS | Published Date: July, 01 , 2006

Senators John Cornyn (Texas) and Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut) have introduced a bill whereby federal agencies with research expenditure over US$100 million per year must ensure that research articles produced from their grants are deposited in an Internet-accessible public archive within six months of acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal. The bill is called the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006.

Author(s): Hemal Prathasarathy | Posted on: Sep 27, 2006 | Views(2775) | Download (216)


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