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July 23, 2007

House Backs Taxpayer-Funded Research Access

Press release from The Alliance for Taxpayer Access:

Washington, D.C. – July 20, 2007 – In what advocates hailed as a major advance for scientific communication, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved a measure directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide free public online access to agency-funded research findings within 12 months of their publication in a peer-reviewed journal. With broad bipartisan support, the House passed the provision as part of the FY2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill.

Click here to read the full press release.

Posted by erushton at July 23, 2007 01:42 PM