Summary: Hearing on Public Access to Federally Funded Research

"On Thursday, July 29, the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform held the first-ever hearing on the issue of public access to federally funded research. The Subcommittee invited ten witnesses, representing a broad cross-section of the stakeholder communities affected by this issue, to testify on the implications of opening access to the results of publicly funded research. A summary of the hearing, which was segmented into three panels, is provided for you below...."