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 Listed below are previous SPARC policy priorities that are no longer active or have already passed.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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Oppose: Section 303 of the FIRST Act
Open AccessDefeated: The FIRST Act is not in the best interests of the taxpayers who fund the research, the scientists who make use of it by accelerating scientific progress, and the teachers and students who rely on its availability for a high-quality education, which depend on public access.
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Canadian Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
Open AccessEnacted: Early in 2015, three of the largest research funding agencies in Canada released an open access policy of the publications that result from the research they fund.
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California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609)
Open AccessEnacted: The California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Legislation (AB 609) requires researchers receiving a state-funded grant from the California Department of Public Health to make their published articles publicly accessible. This is a first-of-its-kind state-level...
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The Illinois Open Access to Articles Act (SB 1900)
Open AccessEnacted: As introduced, the legislation would require that all Illinois State Universities and Colleges develop an “open access to research articles policy” within one year of the bill’s passage. See details on the Illinois Open Access to Articles Act.
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NY State Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act
Open AccessDid not pass: A bill introduced into the New York State Legislature that would require recipients of New York State research funding to make articles reporting on the results of their funded research freely available to the public via an online database.
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EU Statement on Making All Research Open by 2020
Open Access · Open DataIn a statement released by the Competitiveness Council, EU members agreed to "support a transition to immediate open access as the default by 2020, using the various models possible and in a cost-effective way, without embargoes or with as short as possible embargoes, and without financial and...
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H.R. 150 / S. 1829, the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act
Open Access · Open DataThis legislation aims to simplify and harmonize federal grant recipient reporting obligations around a standard taxonomy.
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Open Government Partnership RFI
Open Access · Open EducationSPARC recommended that the U.S. government's Open Government National Action Plan include a commitment to ensuring, "Immediate, Free Access to and Reuse of Government-funded Research and Educational Materials."
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H.R.5049, the Well-Informed, Scientific, and Efficient (WISE) Government Act
Open AccessThis bill would prohibit non-disclosure clauses in federal agency contracts with journal publishers and provide a way for the government to collect information on how much each agency is paying for subscriptions to these materials.
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Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act Reauthorization
Open EducationCongress approved a bill reauthorizing the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which included provisions permitting OER as an allowable use of funds for state and local activities.
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