We have a state budget.  Rather, we will have a state budget as soon as the legislature passes it in the next day or two.  The budget is written, agreed to and now sits atop legislators desks waiting for the obligatory three days for it to “age” before passage begins. Details about the budget will [...]

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New member meetings and site visits were recently held on the campuses of the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Niagara University, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. At these meeting NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer had the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge about the newest NYSHEI members and provide information about current and [...]

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The good news is that NYSHEI’s plan for a statewide information infrastructure gained the support of Governor Paterson. The Governor included ARIA, the Academic Research Information Access act, among the projects deemed appropriate for and worthy of funding from the federal economic stimulus money received by the state. The bad news is that the inclusion [...]

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The NYS Higher Education Initiative is now a member of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access. The ATA stands on four principle, 1.  American taxpayers are entitled to open access on the Internet to the peer-reviewed scientific articles on research funded by the U.S. Government. 2. Widespread access to the information contained in these articles is [...]

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