Alliance for Taxpayer Access - News

Lawmakers Hear Arguments for and Against Open Access to Research

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:03:05 UT

by Jennifer Howard

Open Access to Information

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:56:41 UT

UNESCO supports actions designed to empower people so that they can access and contribute to information and knowledge flows.

[UPDATE] House committee to hold hearing on public access to publicly funded research

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:00:37 UT

[Witness list now available]. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, the Census and National Archives announced it will hold a hearing on the issue of public access to federally funded research on Thursday, July 29. The hearing will provide an opportunity for the Committee to hear the perspectives of a broad range of stakeholders on the potential impact of opening up access to the results of the United States’ more than $60 billion annual investment in scientific research.

Patient Driven Research

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:25:00 UT

Phoenix Rising, June 12, 2010.

Update on activities related to public access (May 2010)

Fri, 21 May 2010 17:50:16 UT

You deserve access to research

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:35:00 UT

by David Carlson, Southern Illinoisan

Stanford supports bill for public access to research

Tue, 11 May 2010 14:25:00 UT

by An Le Nguyen, The Stanford Daily

MAJOR RESEARCH INSTITUTION LEADERS SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH

Mon, 03 May 2010 15:21:28 UT

The provosts and presidents of 27 major private and public research institutions have voiced their support for the Federal Research Public Access Act in an “Open Letter to the Higher Education Community,” released Friday by the Harvard University Provost. The Act, first introduced in the Senate last year, was introduced in the House of Representatives on April 15. The letter signals expanded support for public access to publicly funded research among the largest research institutions in the U.S.

Federal Research Access Bill Making Progress in Congress

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:35:00 UT

By Josh Hadro, Library Journal

Congressman Presses for Broad Open-Access Bill

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:11:32 UT

GenomeWeb Daily News, April 21, 2010

FRPAA's back!

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:30:00 UT

By Bob Grant, from The Scientist

FRPAA - another small step for mankind?

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:25:00 UT

A letter of support for the FRPAA bill from the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, April 20th 2010

A Bill to Make Federal Research Available Online

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:15:00 UT

By Cecilia King, The Washington Post

House bill would open up taxpayer-funded research

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:10:00 UT

By Kim Hart, The Hill

U.S. Congress Moves On Open Public Access Bill

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:00:00 UT

By Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly