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<tbody><tr> <td><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#The_bill_itself"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">The bill itself</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Sponsorship"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sponsorship</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Publisher_opposition"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Publisher opposition</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Other_opposition"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Other opposition</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Action_against_the_RWA"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Action against the RWA</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Discussion"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Discussion</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="The_bill_itself">The bill itself</span></h2> <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.112hr3699">Research Works Act</a> (HR 3699) would repeal the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publicaccess.nih.gov/">OA policy</a> at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nih.gov/">NIH</a> and block similar policies at other federal agencies.</li></ul> <ul><li>The main section (Section 2) is brief: "No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the employer of such an actual or prospective author, assent to network dissemination of a private-sector research work."</li></ul> <ul><li>Follow the RWA in: <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-3699">GovTrack.us</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3699/actions">OpenCongress</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr3699">PopVox</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.112hr3699">THOMAS</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</span></h2> <ul><li>The RWA was introduced in the House of Representatives by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issa.house.gov/">Darrell Issa</a> (R-CA) and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maloney.house.gov/">Carolyn Maloney</a> (D-NY) on December 16, 2011, and referred to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goo.gl/GP0m0">Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</a>. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issa.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=597&Itemid=73">Contact Issa's office</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maloney.house.gov/contact-me/email-me">Contact Maloney's office</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=congressmerge&lang=&commcode=hgovrefrm">Members of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</a> and their contact information.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Issa and Maloney withdrew their support for the bill in a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130112222850/http://maloney.house.gov/press-release/issa-maloney-statement-research-works-act">public statement</a> on February 27, 2012. <ul><li>Excerpt: "As the costs of publishing continue to be driven down by new technology, we will continue to see a growth in open access publishers. This new and innovative model appears to be the wave of the future. The transition must be collaborative, and must respect copyright law and the principles of open access. The American people deserve to have access to research for which they have paid. This conversation needs to continue and we have come to the conclusion that the Research Works Act has exhausted the useful role it can play in the debate....[W]e will not be taking legislative action on HR 3699, the Research Works Act...."</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goo.gl/GjZlN">According to MapLight</a> (Money and Politics Light), Elsevier has given two campaign contributions to Issa and 12 to Maloney for the 2012 campaign cycle. Out of 31 contributions Elsevier has made to House members for this cycle, 14 or 45% have gone to Issa and Maloney.</li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2012&cid=N00000078">According to OpenSecrets</a>, Elsevier is the second most generous contributor to Maloney in the 2012 campaign cycle.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Publisher_opposition">Publisher opposition</span></h2> <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publishers.org/">Association of American Publishers</a> (AAP) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goo.gl/aaVnw">endorsed</a> the RWA, and lobbies for it in the name of its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publishers.org/members/">members</a>. However, the AAP did not consult its members before endorsing the bill, and we don't know how many AAP members actually support it.</li></ul> <ul><li>This section tries to track the publishers who have publicly opposed the bill.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>AAP members who oppose the RWA</b> (chronological by announcement date): <ol><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mitpress.mit.edu">MIT Press</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109377556796183035206/posts/CWBxzWCuwKx">announcement</a> from Ellen Faran, Director of MIT Press. January 11, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ithaka.org">ITHAKA</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/ithaka-becomes-second-aap-member-to.html">announcement</a>, January 12, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clir.org/">Council on Library and Information Resources</a> (CLIR). See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/ithaka-becomes-second-aap-member-to.html?showComment=1326456086032#c2896926308984064302">announcement</a>, January 12, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psupress.org/">Penn State University Press</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/pennsylvania-state-university-press.html">announcement</a> from Patrick Alexander, Director of the Penn State University Press, January 12, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rupress.org/">Rockefeller University Press</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://groups.google.com/a/arl.org/group/sparc-oaforum/browse_thread/thread/6d13954c261a61b9">announcement</a> from Mike Rossner, Executive Director of Rockefeller University Press, January 13, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ucpress.edu/">University of California Press</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/university-of-california-press-differs.html">announcement</a> from Alison Mudditt, Director of the University of California Press, January 13, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://npg.nature.com/">Nature Publishing Group</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.digital-science.com/">Digital Science</a>. See the joint <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nature.com/press_releases/rwa-statement.html">announcement</a> from Steven Inchcoombe, Managing Director for NPG, and Timo Hannay, Managing Director for Digital Science, January 18, 2012. (Digital Science is a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.digital-science.com/about/">sister company</a> of NPG.)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaas.org/">Association for the Advancement of Science</a> (AAAS). See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/0118rwa.shtml">announcement</a> from Ginger Pinholster, Director of the AAAS Office of Public Programs, and Alan Leshner, AAAS Chief Executive Officer, January 18, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mla.org/">Modern Language Association</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mla.org/ec_opp_rwa">announcement</a> from Michael Bérubé, President of the MLA, January 25, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aip.org/">American Institute of Physics</a>. See the AIP's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aip.org/press_release/RWA_position_statement.html">announcement</a> (undated but released on January 31, 2012).</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wiley.com">John Wiley & Sons</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-wiley-sons-have-no-plans-to.html">statement</a> Wiley allowed Richard Poynder to post to his blog, February 10, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elsevier.com/">Elsevier</a>. After supporting the bill and repeatedly defending it against criticism (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120208064447/https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/blogs/2012-02/exciting-world-research-information">1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121028040009/http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/elsevierstatement">2</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/02/elseviers-alicia-wise-on-rwa-west-wing.html">3</a>), Elsevier withdrew its support in a public <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408003054/http://www.elsevier.com/about/issues-and-information/newmessagerwa">statement</a> on February 27, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content">American Chemical Society</a>. See this <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/research-works-act-dead-open-access-NIH.asp">article</a> in <i>Chemistry World</i>, March 2, 2012. (Did ACS issue a public statement?)</li></ol></li></ul> <ul><li><b>AAP members who apparently oppose the RWA, but whose positions require confirmation</b> <ol><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://press.uchicago.edu/index.html">University of Chicago Press</a>. In a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/can-aap-members-stay-neutral-in-row.html?showComment=1326792422082#c6258166846680045112">comment</a> on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/can-aap-members-stay-neutral-in-row.html">Richard Poynder's blog</a> (January 17, 2012), Arno Bosse reports that the U of Chicago Press told him that it does not support RWA. But Bosse doesn't speak for the press and doesn't quote a statement from the press.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cambridge.org/">Cambridge University Press</a>. A week after CUP told Richard Poynder that "it is too early for us to make any public statements" on RWA, Poynder was allowed (January 17, 2012) to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/research-works-act-cambridge-university.html">share this statement</a> from Peter Davison, CUP's Director of Corporate Affairs: "Cambridge University Press has submitted testimony to the United States Office of Science and Technology in response to the Request for Information (2011-28623) on subjects related to HR 3699. Our testimony is not identical to the position adopted by the Association of American Publishers. In particular, we write: ‘We support all sustainable access models that ensure the permanence and integrity of the scholarly record... The Bill as proposed could undermine the underlying freedoms expected by and of scholarly authors....’ "</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaanet.org/">American Anthropological Association</a>. On February 3, 2012, the AAA Executive Committee issued a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaanet.org/issues/policy-advocacy/American-Anthropological-Association-Position-on-Dissemination-of-Research.cfm">statement</a> opposing "any Congressional legislation which, if it were enacted, imposes a blanket prohibition against open access publishing policies by all federal agencies." On the one hand, this description taken literally does not describe the RWA. On the other, this interpretation of the RWA is very common and might have been held by the AAA Executive Committee.</li></ol></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Publishers who oppose the RWA but are not members of AAP</b> <ol><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iscb.org/">International Society for Computational Biology</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2012/01/11/iscb-to-respond-to-research-works-act-hr-3699/">announcement</a> from B.J. Morrison McKay, ISCB Executive Officer, January 11, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aps.org/">American Physical Society</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/opinion/should-research-be-more-freely-available.html">announcement</a> in a letter to the NY Times by Gene Sprouse and Joseph Serene, the editor in chief and treasurer-publisher of the American Physical Society, January 13, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sca.culanth.org/">Society for Cultural Anthropology</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://savageminds.org/2012/01/17/the-question-is-not-does-but-can/#comment-715385">announcement</a> adopted unanimously by the SCA Executive Board, January 18, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/">BioMed Central</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/biomed-central-opposes-research-works.html">announcement</a>, January 20, 2012. (Note that <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.springer.com/">Springer</a>, BMC's parent company, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/springer-statement-on-us-research-works.html">supports</a> the RWA.)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plos.org/">Public Library of Science</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/oawg-on-3699.pdf">announcement</a> it issued jointly with nine other US organizations, January 24, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://my.aspb.org/">American Society of Plant Biologists</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://my.aspb.org/resource/group/6d461cb9-5b79-4571-a164-924fa40395a5/docs/aspb_statement_re_rwa-final.pdf">announcement</a> from Crispin Taylor, Executive Director of the ASPB, January 30, 2012.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aaupnet.org/">Association of American University Presses</a> (AAUP). See its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaupnet.org/images/stories/documents/AAUP_RWA_FRPAA_COMPETES.pdf">announcement</a>, February 14, 2012. (We list the AAUP here because it is not itself a member of the AAP, though many of its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaupnet.org/aaup-members/membership-list">members</a> are members of the AAP.)</li></ol></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_opposition">Other opposition</span></h2> <p>Limited to major statements. </p> <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org">Alliance for Taxpayer Access</a>. See its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/bm~doc/ata-on-hr3699.pdf">open letter to Congress</a>, January 18, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>Ten US library, publishing, and public-interest organizations: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aallnet.org/">American Association of Law Libraries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ala.org/">American Library Association</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aahsl.org/">Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arl.org/">Association of College and Research Libraries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arl.org/">Association of Research Libraries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gwla.org/">Greater Western Library Alliance</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/">Public Knowledge</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plos.org/">Public Library of Science</a>, and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/">Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition</a> (SPARC). See their joint <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/oawg-on-3699.pdf">open letter to Congress</a>, January 24, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aau.edu/">Association of American Universities</a> (AAU) and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aplu.org/">Association of Public and Land-grant Universities</a> (APLU). See their joint <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.webcitation.org/65GQT8paC">open letter to Congress</a>, February 6, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brown.edu/">Brown University</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.browndailyherald.com/u-condemns-bill-limiting-public-research-access">article</a> in the Brown student newspaper, February 7, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>Seven public-health groups: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keionline.org">Knowledge Ecology International</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage.aspx">American Medical Student Association</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dndi.org/">Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.haiweb.org/">Health Action International</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/">Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.citizen.org/">Public Citizen</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://essentialmedicine.org/">Universities Allied for Essential Medicines</a>. See their joint <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://keionline.org/node/1352">open letter to Congress</a>, February 8, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>Thirty higher-education, library, and public-interest organizations: American Association of University Professors, American Historical Association, American Library Association, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Californians Aware, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Community Research, Cost of Government Center, Defending Dissent Foundation, Demand Progress, Doctor Patient Medical Association, Essential Information, Humanist Society of New Mexico, iSolon.org, Mine Safety and Health News, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Coalition for History, OMB Watch, OpenTheGovernment.org, Progressive Librarians Guild, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Rutherford Institute, Sage Information Services, Society of American Archivists, Society of Professional Journalists, Special Libraries Association, Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University, Utah Foundation for Open Government, Washington Coalition for Open Government, and the William A. Wise Law Library at the University of Colorado Law School. See their joint <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.openthegovernment.org/sites/default/files/HR%203699.pdf">open letter to Congress</a>, February 9, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iscb.org">International Society for Computational Biology</a> (ICSB). See its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iscb.org/iscb-news-items/1312-2012-feb21-iscb-response-research-wrorks-act-hr">announcement</a>, February 14, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>The eleven provosts of the universities in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cic.net/Home.aspx">Committee on Institutional Cooperation</a> (CIC): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. See their <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/02/23/essay-open-access-scholarship">joint statement</a>, February 23, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>Ninety universities, patient-advocacy organizations, and other non-profits (a few of which also signed earlier letters, above): Alzheimer's Association, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Brain Tumor Association, American Cancer Society Cancer, Action Network, American Society for Cell Biology, Arizona State University, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Association of Independent Research Institutes, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Auburn University, Clemson University, Colon Cancer Alliance, Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dakota State University, Elizabeth Ann Williamson Foundation, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, Fight Collateral Cancer, Florida State University, Georgia State University, Harvard University, HealthHIV, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins University, LIVESTRONG, Lymphoma Research Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Patient Advocate Foundation, North Carolina State University, Northern Illinois University, Ohio State University, Oregon State University, Ovarian Cancer Advocacy Alliance, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, Ovarian Cancer Together, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Parkinson’s Action Network, Penn State University, Portland State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Stanford University, State University of New York at Albany, State University of New York at Buffalo, State University of New York at Stony Brook, State University of New York Council of Library Directors, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance, University of Arkansas, University of California System, University of Central Florida, University of Cincinnati, University of Colorado - Boulder, University of Connecticut, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Senate Library Committee, University of Nebraska, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of South Dakota, University of Utah, University of Virginia, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Vanderbilt University, Washington University - St. Louis, Wayne State University, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, and You'll Never Walk Alone. See their <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/lt_opresearchworksact_24feb12.pdf">joint letter</a> to Congress, February 24, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsday.com/">Newsday</a>. See its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsday.com/opinion/make-tax-funded-scientific-research-public-1.3555902">editorial</a>, February 24, 2012. Notable in part because Newsday is the first mainstream news source to oppose RWA, and because it serves much of the NY 14th District, represented by RWA co-sponsor Carolyn Maloney.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Action_against_the_RWA">Action against the RWA</span></h2> <ul><li>See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action/action_access/12-0106.shtml">action alert</a> against the RWA from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org">Alliance for Taxpayer Access</a> (ATA). <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressweb.com/cweb2/index.cfm/siteid/sparc">ATA legislative action center</a> has a modifiable, click-ready letter to legislators in opposition to RWA.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/207/support-the-open-access-movement-stop-the-research-works-act/">petition against the RWA</a> at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com">Care2 Petition Site</a>. Online since c. January 14, 2012.</li></ul> <ul><li>See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/oppose-hr3699-research-works-act/vKMhCX9k">petition against the RWA</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/">We The People</a>, the White House petition site. Online since January 23, 2012. If the petition gathers 25k signatures, the Obama administration will review it and issue an official response.</li></ul> <ul><li>Any letter to Congress opposing the RWA should be part of a letter in support of the <a href="/hoap/Notes_on_the_Federal_Research_Public_Access_Act" title="Notes on the Federal Research Public Access Act">Federal Research Public Access Act</a> (FRPAA).</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Discussion">Discussion</span></h2> <ul><li>At the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_tracking_project">OA Tracking Project</a>, see the articles and comments tagged with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/3/tag/oa.rwa">oa.rwa</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>On <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plus.google.com/">Google+</a>, see the posts tagged with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plus.google.com/s/%23rwa">#rwa</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>On <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, see the posts tagged with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23rwa">#rwa</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>See the article by HOAP director, Peter Suber, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/10059024">A tale of two bills: the Research Works Act and Federal Research Public Access Act</a>, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2012.</li></ul>    </div> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="http://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/?title=Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act&oldid=9186">http://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/?title=Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act&oldid=9186</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks catlinks-allhidden" data-mw="interface"></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <nav id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal vector-user-menu-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-personal-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Personal tools</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="pt-createaccount" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/hoap/?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Notes+on+the+Research+Works+Act" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/hoap/?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Notes+on+the+Research+Works+Act" title="You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]" accesskey="o"><span>Log in</span></a></li></ul> </div> </nav> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav id="p-namespaces" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-namespaces vector-menu-tabs vector-menu-tabs-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-namespaces-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-namespaces-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Namespaces</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/hoap/Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Page</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="new mw-list-item"><a href="/hoap/edit/Talk:Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act?redlink=1" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page (page does not exist) [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Discussion</span></a></li></ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet vector-menu-dropdown" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" role="navigation" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-variants-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-variants" class="vector-menu-checkbox" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" /> <label id="p-variants-label" aria-label="Change language variant" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"></ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation"> <nav id="p-views" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-views vector-menu-tabs vector-menu-tabs-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-views-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-views-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Views</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="ca-view" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/hoap/Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-viewsource" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/hoap/edit/Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act" title="This page is protected.
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