FASTR Legislation Would Ensure Permanency of Public Access to Scientific Research - SPARC

" SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, today applauded the introduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law of the land.

FASTR calls for federal agencies with extramural research budgets in excess of $100 million to establish consistent, permanent public access policies for articles reporting on their funded research.  This means that articles reporting on the results of taxpayer-funded research would be made available to the general public to freely access and fully use.  FASTR would codify the February 22, 2013 White House Directive to provide greater public access to taxpayer-funded research."