在美国参议院的立法会议中提出了增加国家研究信息对纳税人开放程度的议案。这一名为“2006联邦研究公众获取”的议案要求每一个年度研究预算在100百万美金以上的联邦机构都要执行一项“公众获取”的政策。政策必须确保由机构资金支持所产生的研究文章在发表后的六个月内可以在线提供公众自由获取。在新的立法体制下,每位接受机构全部或部分资助的研究人员,当其作品通过了期刊的专家审 In the U.S. Senate’s legislative session, a motion was put forward to increase the degree to which taxpayers were open to state research information. The move, entitled “Federal Acquisition of Public Research 2006”, requires that every federal agency with a research budget of more than $ 100 million annually implement a “public access” policy. Policies must ensure that research articles generated by institutional financial support are made available online freely within six months of publication. Under the new legislative framework, researchers who receive funding in whole or in part by each accepting body when their work passes the jury’s expert review