U.S. Science Agency Research Should Be Made Public Faster, Argues EFF | Inverse
abernard102@gmail.com 2016-04-01
Summary:
"A bill to make taxpayer-funded science and technology studies readily available to the public within one year is out of committee and ready to be taken to the Senate floor for a vote. The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) was originally introduced in 2013 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and now, the EFF is lobbying to push it through to completion. FASTR, which is sponsored by Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, would require federal agencies with research expenses in excess of $100 million to make their findings available to the public within 12 months. The EFF — which calls itself the 'leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world' — argues that since the taxpayers pay for the studies, it’s only fair they be allowed to read them in a reasonable time frame ..."