Open Access Advocates Cheer New Bill Seen as Slayer of Research Works Act

"Doyle’s bill would mandate policies similar to the National Institute of Health’s Public Access Policy, but it would reduce the NIH’s maximum embargo from 12 months to six, and the policy would govern all major federal agencies. It also doesn’t specify what repository authors must deposit their manuscripts in, as NIH’s policy does. Peter Suber, a prominent open access advocate, has provided a breakdown of Doyle’s bill for the Harvard Open Access Project. “FRPAA would mandate OA for more research literature than any other policy ever adopted or ever proposed,” Suber wrote...."