SPARC Statement on Public Access Provisions in the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act - SPARC
peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-06-09
Summary:
"We are pleased to see the U.S. Senate endorse language that strongly supports providing faster access to taxpayer-funded research results with today’s passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260).
Section 2527 of the bill, formerly the Endless Frontier Act, (titled “Basic Research”) includes language originally written by Senator Wyden and supported by Senator Paul that directs federal agencies funding more than $100 million annually in research grants to develop a policy that provides for free online public access to federally-funded research “not later than 12 months after publication in peer-reviewed journals, preferably sooner.”
The bill also provides important guidance that will maximize the impact of federally-funded research by ensuring that final author manuscripts reporting on taxpayer funded research are:
- Deposited into federally designated or maintained repositories;
- Made available in open and machine readable formats;
- Made available under licenses that enable productive reuse and computational analysis; and
- Housed in repositories that ensure interoperability and long-term preservation. ..."