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US elections delay OA bill.(open access, Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006)
Byline: Mark Chillingworth
US elections delay OA bill
Mark Chillingworth
The mid-term elections in the US are likely to delay the introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act, with the bill having to be re-introduced to the US Senate in 2007. Despite the delay, the volume of support for the bill grows ever louder.
November's elections for both the House of Representatives and Senate were won convincingly by the Democratic Party over the incumbent Republican Party. The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) is a cross-party bill, backed by Joseph Lieberman of the Democratic Party and John Cornyn of the Republicans. If passed, the act will demand that federal agencies with $100m of annual funding make their research articles -- which have been published in peer-reviewed journals -- available free online within six months.
"It is likely the bill will have to be re-introduced," said Heather Joseph, executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition (SPARC).
FRPAA has been attracting increasing interest since it was first tabled earlier this year. "Scholars and the ...
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