Representatives Johnson, Sensenbrenner Question Federal Public Access Policies » Urban Milwaukee

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Summary:

"Today, Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) sent the following letter to the Government Accountability Office, asking it to evaluate the status, effectiveness, and benefits of current federal public access policies. This letter builds upon previous legislative efforts between these Members to ensure taxpayers, who are footing the bill for federal research, have adequate access to the published results free of charge....Increased access and increased use of technology to enable and promote discovery across the body of scientific literature will advance the frontiers of science, medicine, and innovation across all sectors of our economy....Understanding how federal agencies create and implement their guidelines for covered works of publicly funded research is essential to improving and modernizing our public access policies. We made progress with the previous administration, and I look forward to working with our federal agencies, as well as...fellow congressional colleagues to continue moving forward on this effort...."

Link:

http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/representatives-johnson-sensenbrenner-question-federal-public-access-policies/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.usa oa.mandates oa.funders.public oa.obama_directive oa.legislation oa.funders oa.policies

Date tagged:

03/29/2017, 09:05

Date published:

03/29/2017, 05:05