AMA shares physician concerns about burdensome federal regulations with CMS - April 15, 2011
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently addressed a communication to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining the federal regulations physicians find most burdensome. The list of these burdensome regulations, along with recommendations to improve them, was obtained through an AMA survey of physicians… Read More
Eminem’s legal victory may set course for sharing of digital revenues with artists - March 29, 2011
The US Supreme Court has reportedly refused to hear an appeal, letting stand a lower court's decision that digital music should be treated as a licence. Though the artist at the centre of the suit is rapper Eminem, thousands of older artists… Read More
RSC welcomes UK’s budgetary proposals to boost growth of science - March 24, 2011
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed Chancellor George Osborne's budget. According to Prof. David Phillips, President of the RSC, Osborne's 'budget for growth' is to be welcomed as a much needed boost for science and enterprise. The chancellor's growth-boosting initiatives - such… Read More
Social networking, search sites may face EU legal action over data privacy - March 17, 2011
Social networking sites and search engines such as Facebook and Google may face legal action if they fail to obey planned EU data privacy rules, according to EU justice chief Viviane Reding. Reding will propose an overhaul of the EU's 16-year-old laws on data protection in the coming months.… Read More
Continue with existing peer review process, ALPSP says in response to UK enquiry - March 11, 2011
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has submitted its response to the UK government's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee enquiry into the operation and effectiveness of the peer review process. Peer review is seen to be an important process in… Read More
EC launches inquiry on price-fixing of e-books by European publishers - March 2, 2011
The European Commission (EC) has launched a probe on several European publishing houses, suspected of fixing the price of e-books, media reports said, quoting Amelia Torres, spokeswoman for Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. According to Torres, the competition services conducted inspections in publishing… Read More
Chinese authorities determined to increase supervision and peer evaluation of academic journals - February 28, 2011
Chinese authorities have reportedly ordered a number of academic journals and magazines to cease publication. In a new attack on sub-standard academic papers in China, the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP), the government agency that regulates overseas news and other publications, decided to penalise… Read More
HEFCE recommendations to restructure JISC for enhanced future operations - February 9, 2011
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced its findings and recommendations for the future of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The independent review chaired by Professor Sir Alan Wilson and carried out over a four month period concludes that, 'JISC is an… Read More
UK Science and Technology Committee invites submissions for peer review inquiry - February 1, 2011
The Science and Technology Committee in the UK's House of Commons recently launched an inquiry into peer review. It invites evidence on the operation and effectiveness of the peer review process used to examine and validate scientific results and papers prior to publication. The Committee welcomes… Read More
New IHTSDO policy to enable free use of English-language SNOMED CT terms and identifiers in international research databases - January 31, 2011
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has announced a new policy to enable free use of English-language SNOMED CT terms and identifiers in international research databases, in complementary health IT standards, and in other projects and resources available worldwide. The new policy allows SNOMED… Read More
