Federal Research Public Access Act | Capitol Words

Capitol Words, a project of the Sunlight Foundation (whose mission is to use cutting-edge technology and ideas to make government transparent and accountable), downloads the Congressional Record for “every day Congress is in session” from the Website of the Government Printing Office. Capitol Words then “visualizes the most frequently used words in the Congressional Record, giving you an at-a-glance view of which issues lawmakers address on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis.” On February 9, 2012 Capitol Words provided a transcript of the speech made by Rep. Doyle as he introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act. The transcript begins as follows: “Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity this morning to talk to you about bipartisan legislation I've just introduced: the Federal Research Public Access Act. When a federally-funded researcher writes a paper, too often that paper gets locked away behind a ``pay-wall'' and anyone who wants to learn from that federally-funded research has to pay exorbitant subscription or one-time fees...”