Past SPARC Policy Priorities
SPARC advocates for policies at the local, national, and international level that promote openness in research and education. Listed below are previous SPARC policy priorities that are no longer active or have already passed. Click here to return to SPARC's active policy priorities.
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2013 Executive Directive on Public Access
Open Access · Open DataOn February 22, 2013, the White House issued an executive directive ensuring public access to both articles and data resulting from public funds.
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California Legislation Granting State and Local Government the Right to Copyright Government Works – AB 2880
Open AccessAB 2880, an amendment to current California Government and Contract Code, would give California state and local governments the authority to create, hold, and exert copyrights - including materials created by the government.
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Open Access Language in the FY18 Appropriations Process
Open AccessTo ensure that the 2013 White House Directive on Public Access is fully implemented.
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Department of Education Open Licensing Rule
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education requires that works created through competitive grants to be openly licensed and shared with the public so that everyone can benefit from taxpayer investments.
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Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 (S. 2271)
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 would reauthorize IMLS and protect the agency from potential cuts.
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The US National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy
Open AccessEnacted: The first U.S. federal agency policy requiring that all researchers receiving funding from the NIH make copies of articles reporting on their results freely accessible to the public via NIH’s Online database, PubMed Central.
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Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)
Open AccessSucceeded by FASTR: FRPAA would require that 11 U.S. government agencies with annual extramural research expenditures over $100 million make manuscripts of journal articles stemming from research funded by that agency publicly available via the...
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U.S. National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Open Access · Open DataFormer Vice-President Joe Biden is leading a newly established National Cancer Moonshot Initiative to accelerate cancer research.
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FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Open AccessEnacted: On January 16, 2014 Congress passed the FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The bill requires federal agencies under the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education portion of the Omnibus bill with research budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with...
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Oppose: Research Works Act
Open AccessDefeated: Legislation introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to prohibit federal agencies from conditioning their grants to require that articles reporting on publicly funded research be made accessible to the public online. Withdrawn by its sponsors on February...
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