PLoS Biology: Bipartisan Bill for Public Access to Research—Time for Action
Published By: PLoS Biology on eSS | Published Date: July, 01 , 2006Senators 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(2719) | Download (216)