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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:38:19 -0400
From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer -- arl.org>
To: harnad -- ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [ATA] Action needed on NIH Public Access Policy
The NIH Public Access Policy is currently under consideration by Congress,
as part of the larger FY08 Labor/HHS, Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Bill. The House is expected to mark up the FY08 Labor/HHS
Appropriations Bill on Thursday, June 7th.
Please take action now to express your support for a shift to mandatory
policy Fax your House Representative a letter as soon as possible.
Visit
http://www.house.gov for contact
information. Constituents of the House Appropriations
Labor/HHS Subcommittee are especially encouraged to write.
(
http://appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/sub_lhhse.shtml)
For talking points and background on the NIH Public Access Policy and
recent legislative measures, please see the ATA Web site
at
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/nih.html.
NIH Policy Status
The House is expected to mark up the FY08 Labor/HHS Appropriations Bill
within the week. The bill will then move to the full Appropriations
committee. Please stand by for an announcement about House activities
from the Alliance for Taxpayer Access in the coming days.
The Senate Appropriations Committee - Labor/HHS Subcommittee is expected
to review their versions of appropriations bills later this month.
21 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036 The Alliance for
Taxpayer Access is administered on behalf of the ATA members by the
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
Received on Wed Jun 06 2007 - 00:48:21 BST