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MLA President Perry Weighs in on Advocacy for Hospital Libraries

Stephanie Ferretti — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:57:19 +0000

Jerry Perry, believes all of us can play a role in fighting for hospital libraries. His specific suggestions and links to relevant resources can be found in a recent post on his presidential blog.

MLA/AAHSL Oppose Research Works Act

Stephanie Ferretti — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:55:18 +0000

MLA/AAHSL sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opposing “The Research Works Act”, H.R. 3699 which would overturn the NIH public access policy and prohibit other federal agencies from establishing similar policies. Read more from this letter on ”Research Works Act“.

Budget Cuts Force National Biological Information Infrastructure Program to Close

Stephanie Ferretti — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:26:01 +0000

The biodiversity database created in 1994, which allowed researchers access to a variety of environmental data will end Janurary 15, 2012. The program’s closure follows a series of drastic cuts.

Supreme Court sets Healthcare Date

Stephanie Ferretti — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:12:46 +0000

According to the Washington Post the Supreme Court decided to hear oral arguments on March 26th, 27th and 28th on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “The court also will look at the expansion of the joint federal-state Medicaid program that provides health care to poorer Americans.”

Read the full news article Supreme Court Sets Obama Healthcare Arguments

By Associated Press, Published: December 19,2011

House Passes FY 2012 Spending Omnibus

Stephanie Ferretti — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:54:07 +0000

The House has passed the year-end $1 trillion spending bill (H.R. 2055) on a 296-121 vote, sending the bill to the Senate, which is expected to clear the measure for President Barack Obama’s signature later Friday.

For NIH, the conference agreement appropriates $30.690 billion, an increase of $1.7 million over FY 2011, not including the across-the-board cuts. However, the agreement does not include any transfer of NIH funding to the Global HIV/AIDS fund; all FY 2012 funding for fund is included in State-Foreign Operations portion of the conference agreement (Division I). As a result, the NIH program level for FY 2012 is $30.698 billion, which is $299 million over FY 2011. These numbers do not include the across-the-board cuts.

Thebill text and Joint Statement of the Managers are available on the House Rules Committee site:

Prepared from a statement by Mary M. Langman, MLA Coordinator, Information Issues and Policy