I have an opinion piece in Georgetown’s newspaper about open access and Conyers’ bill which would end the NIH policy.

The right way — the fair way — is to continue the NIH open access policy that requires researchers receiving taxpayer money from the NIH to submit a copy of their manuscript to the free, publicly accessible PubMed Central database. By removing the barrier to scholarship, open access allows scholars to advance the frontiers of knowledge and lets ordinary Americans increase their awareness of various medical conditions.

Check out the whole thing here and take action to support open access here.