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The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is available to assist you in writing articles about this developing movement. ATA can supply you with contacts from our diverse membership who'll describe their powerful motivations for joining together to support taxpayer access to biomedical research. For an interview, contact Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications for SPARC (ATA founding member) by email (jennifer [at] taxpayeraccess [dot] org) or call (202) 296-2296 ext. 121.

Recent Stories:

June 26, 2009
GenomeWeb Daily News
Access for Tax Funded Research Bill in Senate

June 18, 2009
Library Journal
Medical Students, Other Student Groups Endorse Open Access
by Josh Hadro

June 15, 2009
President Obama on Access to Medical Information
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, June 15, 2009

June 11, 2009
PewResearchCenter Publications
The Shared Search for Health Information on the Internet

June 5, 2009
American Medical Association's Online Ethic's Journal
Merck Passes The Buck, Elsevier Fails to Go Far Enough in Phony Journal Scandal
by Summer Johnson, PhD

April 28, 2009
Marketplace
Publicly funded research for a price

April 22, 2009
ABC News
Copyright Battle Looms for Docs Who 'Grew Up Google'
by Brian Blank

April 7, 2009
Nature News
Open-access policy flourishes at NIH
by Meredith Wadman

March 30, 2009
The Boston Globe
An unfair formula

March 30, 2009
The Cornell Daily Sun
Cornell Librarians Protest Bill Closing Access to NIH Research
by Dawn Lim

March 23, 2009
The Boston Globe
Protect our access to medical research
by Richard J. Roberts

March 18, 2009
Slaw.ca
A (Publishing) House Divided: Scholarly Publishers In Support and Opposition to Public Access to Research
by John Willinsky

March 13, 2009
Library Journal
Permanent, for Now: Bill Solidifies NIH Mandate but Legislative Challenge Looms
by Andrew Albanese

March 10, 2009
The New York Times
Senate Clears Spending After Fractious Debate
by David M. Herszenhorn

March 9, 2009
The Hill
$410B omnibus expected to pass this week
by Alexander Bolton

March 5, 2009
The Scientist
Upping access to open access
by Elie Dolgin

March 5, 2009
The Detroit Free Press
Research copyright bill would end free health info

March 6, 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A New Push to Unlock University-Based Research

February 26, 2009
The Hoya
No Taxation Without Information
by Keith Donovan

February 25, 2009
The Huffington Post
Bill Before Congress May Close Medical Research to Average American
by Esther Wojcicki

February 24, 2009
Financial Times
Misunderestimating open science
by James Boyle

February 19, 2009
Association of Health Care Journalists
AHCJ: Proposal would be blow to public access
by Pia Christensen

February 19, 2009
The Scientist
Online access = more citations
by Elie Dolgin

February 17, 2009
Library Journal
In New Letter, Library Associations Voice Strong Opposition to Anti-NIH Bill
by Andrew Albanese

February 12, 2009
TechDirt
Rep. Conyers, Once Again, Trying To Lock Up Federally Funded Research
by Mike Masnick

February 10, 2009
Congress Matters
Tracking a Bill: H.R.801, Repealing Open Access to NIH-funded Science

February 9, 2009
The Washington Post
Federal Players: The NIH's David Lipman
From the Partnership for Public Service

February 9, 2009
The Scientist
Heather Joseph A & A: An Open Access Advocate Discusses Why She Feels Overturning the NIH Policy Would be a Big Mistake
Free registration required for access

February 8, 2009
The Washington Post
I'm Battling Cancer. How About Some Help, Congress?
A letter from Patrick Swayze

February 6, 2009
ARS Technica
Congress may slam door on NIH research open access policy
by John Timmer

February 5, 2009
The Scientist
Anti-Open Access Bill is Back
Free registration required for access

February 5, 2009
GenomeWeb Daily News
Bill Against NIH Open-Access Policy Back in House
by Matt Jones

February 5, 2009
Library Journal
New Wrinkles as Bill Banning NIH-Like Public Access Resurfaces
by Andrew Albanese

February 5, 2009
Public Knowledge
Anti-Open Access Bill a Real Head-Scratcher
by Gigi Sohn

February 4, 2009
Tech Daily Dose
Conyers Fights NIH Internet Mandate

February 1, 2009
Autism Speaks
Groundbreaking Policy Brings Research Findings to the Public
from Top 10 Autism Research Events of 2008

January 27, 2009
PLoS Biology
The Publishers' Pushback against NIH's Public Access and Scholarly Publishing Sustainability
by John Willinsky

January 6, 2009
Library Journal
Honorable Mentions: The LJAN Top Ten Stories of 2008, 4-10. NIH Public Access Policy Enacted, Challenged

 

 

 
 

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