What bill? Comrade Ringo Kamens
On 7/13/07, Gavin Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > This is the closest we've ever come to public access to research from > any U.S. funding agency. The NIH, IIRC, is the largest funder of medical > research in the world. > > The full House is expected to vote on the bill _very soon_. U.S. > citizens: Now is the time to call your legislator and tell them to > support this. > > > Alliance for Taxpayer Access > > www.taxpayeraccess.org > > > > For immediate release > > July 13, 2007 > > > > Contact: Jennifer McLennan > > jennifer [at] arl [dot] org > > (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 > > > > CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT BUILDS FOR ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH > > > > Mandatory NIH Policy Headed to Full House and Senate Votes > > > > > > Washington, D.C. - July 13, 2007 - The U.S. House of Representatives > > Appropriations Committee has joined its Senate counterpart in > > directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that the > > agency's funded research is made freely available on the Internet. > > > > Both the House and Senate appropriators have now backed provisions in > > their respective 2008 Labor, Health and Education Appropriations > > Bills that would expand access to NIH research. Final votes by the > > full House and Senate are expected later this summer. > > > > > > > > The Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA), a public interest coalition > > that has long called for public access to taxpayer funded research, > > applauded Congress's progress on this issue. "We're gratified to have > > strong bipartisan support for public access in both the House and the > > Senate," said Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC (the > > Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), an ATA > > member. "Given the breadth of support and the similarity of > > instructions to NIH from Committee's in each chamber of Congress, we > > are hopeful that this policy will soon be law." > > > > > > > > The House and Senate spending bills require that NIH-funded > > researchers deposit an electronic copy of their peer-reviewed > > manuscripts in the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central > > online archive upon acceptance for publication in a journal. Articles > > would be made publicly available no later than 12 months after > > publication. > > > > > > > > Under the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy implemented in > > May 2005, individual investigators have deposited less than five > > percent of eligible manuscripts. "NIH's well-intentioned voluntary > > policy just isn't getting the job done," said Sharon Terry, President > > of the Genetic Alliance, an ATA member. "There's too much at stake > > to delay further. Patients, medical researchers, clinicians, small > > businesses -- they all need timely access to research findings. It's > > time they have it." > > > > > > > > ### > > > > > > The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is a coalition of patient, academic, > > research, and publishing organizations that supports open public > > access to the results of federally funded research. The Alliance was > > formed in 2004 to urge that peer-reviewed articles stemming from > > taxpayer-funded research become fully accessible and available online > > at no extra cost to the American public. Details on the ATA may be > > found at http://www.taxpayeraccess.org. For further information on > > the legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app08.html > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGl80itLXQdLhFpekRAr6iAJ0a3SELRnMsGoShvs/7zpU5p1/28wCfepte > BUVsw+foN62aAIj24/4D1lc= > =zW07 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
