New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan) recently introduced the “Research Works Act.”  This federal legislation (H.R. 3699) would undo much of the open access progress made in recent years.

In direct opposition to the open access policies of the administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Ms. Maloney, seeks to prohibit federal agencies from conditioning their grants to require that articles reporting on publicly funded research be made accessible to the public online.

NYSHEI and its members strongly oppose the Research Works Act and are working actively to stop the bill.