Here we go again: Congress considers blocking government's open access policy
The federal government, and thus US taxpayers, provide more money for scientific research than any other single entity. In order to provide access to these paper to scientists and the public alike, the National Institutes of Health adopted a policy in which research it funded would be made open access one year after its publication in journals, even those that are normally subscription only. Many publishers were not amused, and have pushed Congress to reverse the policy. So far, those efforts have failed, but that hasn’t stopped this year’s Congress from trying again.
» via ars technica
if you live in nyc (or even if you don’t) tell @RepMaloney (a Dem, sponsor of this bill, & receiver of campaign contributions from sci publishing) to reconsider.
