Senate panel passes bill to give public access to more research | TheHill

"A Senate panel on Wednesday passed legislation to require certain federally funded research to be open to the public.  The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee cleared the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act by voice vote, along with 10 other pieces of legislation.  ADVERTISEMENT The bill would require every agency with an outside research budget of $100 million or more to make sure any research paper produced is publicly posted for free within a year of publication in a journal. President Obama issued a memorandum in 2013 directing agencies to come up with a plan to publish similar research by agencies ..."