[Insight-users] OPEN ACCESS: Support the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)

[David Doria]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>wrote:

> *
> From:
> *http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/25
>
>
> If you are a supporter of *Open Access*, here is a unique opportunity to
> make a big step toward making the results of scientific research accessible
> to all:
>
> The Federal Research Public Access Act<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.1373:>(
> *FRPAA*)
> *
> What this legislation will do:  *
>
> Every federal agency with an *annual extramural research budget of $100
> million* or more will implement a *public access policy* that is
> consistent with and advances the federal purpose of the respective agency.
> Each agency must:
>
>    - Require each researcher – funded totally or partially by the agency –
>    to submit an electronic copy of the final manuscript that has been accepted
>    for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
>    - Ensure that the manuscript is preserved in a stable digital
>    repository maintained by that agency or in another suitable repository that
>    permits free public access, interoperability, and long-term preservation.
>    Agencies have the flexibility to choose the best suitable location for their
>    repository.
>    - Require that free, online access to each taxpayer-funded manuscript
>    be available as soon as possible, and no later than six months after the
>    article has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
>
> *To whom this policy applies: *
>
>    - Any researcher *employed* by a federal agency with an annual research
>    budget exceeding $100 million who publishes an article based on the work
>    done for the funding agency in a peer-reviewed journal.
>    - Any researcher *funded* by a federal agency with an annual research
>    budget exceeding $100 million who publishes an article based on the funded
>    research in a peer-reviewed journal.
>
> Today, only the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have a public access
> policy <http://publicaccess.nih.gov/>. This new legislation will extend
> this level of openness to other federal agencies, including:
>
>
>    - Department of Agriculture
>    - Department of Commerce
>    - Department of Defense
>    - Department of Education,
>    - Department of Energy
>    - Department of Health and Human Services
>    - Department of Homeland Security
>    - Department of Transportation
>    - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
>    - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
>    - National Science Foundation (NSF).
>
> In summary, all agencies with an annual *extramural budget *above *$100
> million*.
>
> For a detailed list, see the analysis of the US Research Federal budget for
> 2010 provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
> (AAAS): http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy2010/total10c.pdf
>
> Details about the Federal Research Public Access Act (HR 5037)<http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/frpaa/index.shtml>
> act are discussed at
>
>    - http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/frpaa/frpaa_action/10-0416.shtml
>    - http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/frpaa/index.shtml
>
> The Bill was introduced by on April 15 by Representatives
>
>    - Doyle (D-PA), Waxman (D-CA)
>    - Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)
>    - Harper (R-MS)
>    - Boucher (D-VA) and
>    - Rohrabacher (R-CA)
>
> *How would you deal with Copyright when submitting your papers to a
> Journal ?*
>
> When the author of an article is a federal grantee or is working for a
> federal grantee, he or she normally grants to the funding agency a
> non-exclusive and irrevocable license to “reproduce, publish, or otherwise
> use the work for Federal purposes, and to authorize others to do so”
> (2CFR215.36(a)). Posting the article in an online repository falls within
> these delineated rights. Any assignment of copyright by an author subsequent
> to accepting a federal grant is subject to the agency’s pre-existing,
> non-exclusive license: http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/bm~doc/faq2009.pdf
> <http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/bm%7Edoc/faq2009.pdf>
>
>
> http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/25
>
>
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This is the place where you can take action:

http://www.congressweb.com/cweb2/index.cfm/siteid/sparc
<http://www.congressweb.com/cweb2/index.cfm/siteid/sparc>
Thanks,

David
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