FRPAA

The Federal Research Public Access Act - FRPAA - was introduced in the House of Representatives on April 15th.

"...the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) has been introduced ... in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and a bi-partisan host of co-sponsors. The proposed bill would build on the success of the first U.S. mandate for public access to the published results of publicly funded research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and require federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with online access to research manuscripts stemming from funded research no later than six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal" [press release from SPARC].

For more information see: "Call to action: Tell Congress you support the Federal Research Public Access Act," published Apr 16, 2010, Alliance for Taxpayer Access . http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/frpaa/frpaa_action/10-0416.shtml .

Lilian Hoffecker