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Governor David Paterson’s newly created task force on higher education – industry partnerships has launched its website and formally named task force members. The task force, chaired by Cornell University President David Skorton, is tasked with finding opportunties for enhanced collaborations between the academic and business sectors. Specific attention will be paid to foster economic [...]
On June 15, 2009, the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act was passed by the New York State Assembly. With no votes in opposition, the Assembly voted to enact ARIA, and thereby passed the most significant piece of legislation for academic and research libraries in a generation. The vote by the full Assembly capped a [...]
Bill Hammond of the New York Daily News has a stunning article on Albany’s political crime wave, and has evidence that much of it has been “imported” from downstate. “Of the 18 elected officials in state government charged with crimes since 2003, no fewer than 16 have hailed from the five boroughs, and 15 carry [...]
Governor David Paterson issued an executive order creating a task force on higher education-industry partnerships charged with spurring the state economy. The Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships, established by Executive Order No. 19, will study best practices and generate recommendations on fostering business incubation, growth and emerging [...]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (ARRP), commonly known as the federal stimulus package, is making it’s way to the states. So what? That is the big question. Governor Paterson’s office has put together a useful website illustrating the various parts of New York’s share ($24.6 billion) of the stimulus package. While the web site [...]
Buffalo News writer Tom Precious has written pieces like this before, and he will need to write more in the future. If nothing else, the latest chronicle of legislative chaos is a testimony to the need for groups to have professional lobbyists who can navigate the process. There are always plenty of articles on the [...]
Governor Paterson and Assembly Speaker Silver announced agreement on plans to close the current fiscal year budget deficit. Details about the mid-year cuts and hikes are available at the Division of Budget website.
Embarrassing news from our state capital is hardly news at all. Whether it has been the well documented ethical and proceedural problems, the all-too-frequent criminal charges, or the simply inappropriate use of state dollars and extravagence of pork-barrel spending, New York State government never fails to disappoint hardened cynics. Recent articles in the Albany Times [...]
NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer provided written and oral testimony to the New York State Legislative Joint Fiscal Committee during the hearing on the Higher Education portion of Governor Paterson’s budget proposal. Mr. Kramer warned the Senators and Assembly members of the committee to be mindful of the importance of academic and research libraries to [...]
Intensive lobbying has begun as NYSHEI is fighting to protect the interests of academic and research libraries. Is there something you would like said to your elected officials? Do you have a story that clearly illustrates the important role of your library in research and learning? Is there some fact you think it essential they [...]
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