- Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act
- Taxpayer Access to Research
- White House Request for Information
- National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy
- Federal Research Public Access Act
- Opposition
- Advocacy Organization Mandates
- Policies outside the U.S.
Issues
What ATA is doing to support the Act
what you can do
1) Contact Congress now to express your support for public access to taxpayer-funded research and for this bill. Act now through the ATA Legislative Action Center.
2) Issue a public statement of support from your organization and share it widely with members, colleagues, and the media. Send a copy to sparc [at] arl [dot] org to be featured here.
3) Join the Alliance to support the continued advancement of public access to research in the U.S. Institutional membership is FREE.
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6) Explore our Issue pages for time-sensitive calls to contact Congress and express your support
Next Steps in Public Access: Tell your Representatives to Support FRPAAFeb 29, 2012While the RWA and its damaging implications is no longer an immediate threat, action is still needed to cement stronger footing for public access on Capitol Hill. Education on and support for The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) is now more important than ever.
Legislation to Bar Public-Access Requirement on Federal Research Is DeadFeb 27, 2012Jennifer Howard, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 27, 2012
Thank FRPAA's introducing co-sponsorsFeb 10, 2012
Call to action: Tell Congress you support the Bipartisan Federal Research Public Access Act (H.R. 4004 and S. 2096)Feb 9, 2012Today a suite of bi-partisan co-sponsors in both the House and the Senate introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), a bill that would extend the highly successful NIH Public Access Policy to all other federal science agencies. Take action now to support this bill!
ACT BY OCTOBER 1 to let Congress know you support the Federal Research Public Access ActSep 15, 2010All supporters of public access – universities and colleges, researchers, libraries, campus administrators, patient advocates, publishers, small businesses, consumers, individuals, and others – are asked to call on your representatives to co-sponsor H.R.5037 or S.1373 BEFORE OCTOBER 1. Talking points are included below.
Call to action: Tell Congress you support the Federal Research Public Access ActApr 16, 2010Yesterday (April 15), Representatives Doyle (D-PA), Waxman (D-CA), Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Harper (R-MS), Boucher (D-VA) and Rohrabacher (R-CA) introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (HR 5037), a bill that would ensure free, timely, online access to the published results of research funded by eleven U.S. federal agencies.All supporters of public access – universities and colleges, researchers, libraries, campus administrators, patient advocates, publishers, consumers, individuals, and others – are asked to ACT NOW to support this bill.
Congress takes another stride toward public access to researchApr 15, 2010Fueling the growing momentum toward openness, transparency, and accessibility to publicly funded information, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) has been introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and a bi-partisan host of co-sponsors. 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 with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with online access to research manuscripts stemming from funded research no later than six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
ATA encourages Senators to co-sponsor FRPAAJul 28, 2009
Taxpayer Alliance applauds bill to broaden access to federal research resultsJun 25, 2009Federal Research Public Access Act introduced today
