Letter Regarding S.1373 | Harvard OSC

"We write on behalf of Harvard University to request your support for the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) recently reintroduced as Senate bill S.1373 by Senators Joeseph Lieberman and John Cornyn. This bill would make sure that published results of research undertaken on behalf of the citizens of our country and funded by them through federal funding agencies would receive broad and open distribution. Open access to federally funded research maximizes its impact by reducing duplicative research efforts, stimulating further discoveries that build upon published work, and accelerating translation of research into public benefit...."