Hearing on public access to research will be online
Jul. 29th, 2010 by Pia Christensen
Filed under: Health data, Health journalism, Public records, Studies
Filed under: Health data, Health journalism, Public records, Studies
Representatives of a number of medical- and publishing-related organizations will testify today at a hearing on “Public access to federally funded research” before the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
You can catch the webcast of the hearing at 2 p.m. EDT. Update: It appears the hearing is not being webcast.
(Hat tip to the Electronic Frontier Foundation for the webcast link.)
Earlier
- Bill would require public access to research
- AHCJ: Proposal would be blow to public access
- Progress on open access issue not what it seems
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