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As far as I know the EU has decided that all research resulting from its 80 billion research funding program must be published open access. The US doesn't have
by greboun 14y ago
As far as I know the EU has decided that all research resulting from its 80 billion research funding program must be published open access. The US doesn't have this yet but there is a law in preparation to do just this for US government funded research. A petition might speed things up
- MikeTaylor 14y agoThe law in question is the FRPAA (Federal Research Public Access Act), and it's a very fine thing: see http://svpow.com/2012/02/10/d-day-going-on-the-offensive-over-public-access/ http://svpow.com/2012/02/10/d-day-going-on-the-offensive-ove... on its importance and http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action/FRPAA2012.shtml http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action/FRPAA2012.shtml for more details. The current petition is a different strategy towards the same goal, approaching the Whitehouse directly in the hope of catalysing a presidential-level directive that would jump-start the process. (Not a speculative hope, either -- relevant people have the ear of Obama's scientific advisor.)