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Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:26 AM<br>Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Doyle Introduces Bill to Ensure Public Access to Federally-Funded Research<br>To: <br><br><br></font><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
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<b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Doyle Introduces Bill to Ensure Public Access to Federally-Funded Research<u></u><u></u></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Washington, DC – February 9, 2012 – U.S. Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA) today introduced bipartisan <b><a href="http://doyle.house.gov/FRPA112FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">legislation</a></b> that directs federal agencies to encourage open public access to federally funded scientific research.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b><i>“Americans have the right to see the results of research funded with taxpayer dollars,”</i></b> Congressman Doyle said in introducing the Federal Research Public Access Act. <b><i>“Yet such research too often gets locked away behind a pay-wall, forcing those who want to learn from it to pay expensive subscription fees for access.” <u></u><u></u></i></b></font></p>
<p><b><i><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">“The Federal Research Public Access Act will encourage broader collaboration among scholars in the scientific community by permitting widespread dissemination of research findings. Promoting greater collaboration will inevitably lead to more innovative research outcomes and more effective solutions in the fields of biomedicine, energy, education, and health care.”<u></u><u></u></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The <b><a href="http://doyle.house.gov/FRPA112FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Federal Research Public Access Act</a> </b>would require federal agencies with an extramural research budget of $100 million or more to make federally-funded research available for free online access by the general public, no later than six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">The Federal Research Public Access Act would: <u></u><u></u></font></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Require federal departments and agencies with an annual extramural research budget of $100 million or more, whether funded totally or partially by a government department or agency, to submit an electronic copy of the final manuscript that has been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. <u></u><u></u></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Ensure that the manuscript is preserved in a stable digital repository maintained by that agency or in another suitable repository that permits free public access, interoperability, and long-term preservation. <u></u><u></u></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Require that each taxpayer-funded manuscript be made available to the public online and without cost, no later than six months after the article has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. <u></u><u></u></font></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Original sponsors of the Federal Research Public Access Act are Reps. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO). Identical legislation is also being introduced in the U.S. Senate today by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX). <u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Echoing similar aims, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently<b> </b>issued a Request for Information and collected recommendations on approaches to ensure broad public access to federally-funded scientific research. (<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/library/publicaccess" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/library/publicaccess</a>)<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Congressman Doyle introduced similar legislation in the 111<sup>th</sup> Congress, and he has been working since 2006 to ensure that taxpayers have access to the research they’ve paid for.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Click <b><a href="http://doyle.house.gov/FRPA112FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></b> to read the Federal Research Public Access Act.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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