[Ip-health] Update on Access Bill at July 13 Brownbag 12-2pm at CPTech

[Manon Ress]

Sorry for cross-listing

Dear colleagues,

So many bad bills, so little time... but summer is good to find out
more about a good bill status.

Alliance for Taxpayer Access: "Every year, the federal government
funds tens of billions of dollars in basic and applied research.
Most of this funding is concentrated within 11 departments/agencies
(e.g., National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science
Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy).  The research results
typically are reported in articles published in a wide variety of
academic journals.  From NIH funding alone, it is estimated that
about 65,000 papers are published each year.

Because U.S. taxpayers underwrite this research, they have a right to
expect that its dissemination and use will be maximized, and that
they themselves will have access to it.  If this information is
shared with all potential users, it will advance science and improve
the lives and welfare of people of the United States and the world."

Heather Joseph (ARL-SPARC) has kindly agreed to brief us on the
latest on the the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006.  As you
may know, the bill would require agencies with annual research
budgets of more than $100 million to implement a public access policy
granting faster access to research supported by the US government.
There are efforts to push to get a House companion introduced in the
next couple of weeks - before the August recess if possible and many
other plans.

Public meeting Thursday July 13 (brown bag lunch: bring your lunch,
we'll have drinks) 12 to 2pm
CPTech's office
1621 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 500
Contact Manon.ress@cptech.org or 202 332 2670 for questions

TEXT of bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
More at: http://www.arl.org/sparc/
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/frpaa/


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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

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