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In Memoriam: Lee Sigelman
Lee Sigelman passed away on December 21, 2009, after a two and a half year bout with cancer. Professor Sigelman is a recent editor of the American Political Science Review and is widely praised for finding an editorial voice for the journal that was as inclusive as it was incisive. Lee Sigelman touched the discipline broadly, deeply, and humanely, not to mention waggishly—his latest project was co-editing the forthcoming volume, Wit and Humor of Political Science. There will be full recognition of Lee Sigelman in the next issue of PS: Political Science and Politics and through other steps made by the Association and by his department at George Washington University.   For more on these, see www.gwu.edu/~psc/people/fac_sigelmanl.htm.

Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Issues Report
From COSSA Washington Update (http://bit.ly/a4kK7p):

In June 2009, the House Science and Technology Committee, in coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), organized a Scholarly Publishing Roundtable to discuss issues related to expanding public access to the journal articles arising from research funded by U.S. government agencies. The Roundtable group recently issued its report

Roundtable members identified a set of principles which "should continue to inhere in scholarly publishing as it evolves." These include: a commitment to peer review as critical in maintaining high quality and editorial integrity; the necessity for publishers to adapt their business models in "an evolving landscape;" more broadly accessible scholarly and scientific publications; sustained archiving and preservation; and maximization of the possibilities for creative reuse and interoperations of published research results on sites that host them.

These principles led to the group's core recommendation that: "Each federal agency should expeditiously but carefully develop and implement an explicit public access policy that brings about free public access to the results of the research that it funds as soon as possible after those results have been published in a peer-reviewed journal."

Read more, including a link to the full report at http://bit.ly/a4kK7p

Nominate Outstanding Undergraduate Teachers for CASE/Carnegie Professor of the Year Award
The nominating period for the 2010 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professors of the Year awards program ends Friday, April 16. The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country-those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Sponsored by CASE and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. All undergraduate teachers in the United States, of any academic rank at any type of undergraduate institution, are eligible for the award. Entries are judged by top U.S. educators and other active participants in education. Find out more about this award at http://www.usprofessorsoftheyear.org/.

APSA Annual Business Meeting Rules Available for Review

APSA Names Minority Fellows

APSA Council Election Results

Elinor Ostrom Wins Nobel in Economics

APSA Section on Political Organizations and Parties Call for Proposals for Special Issue of Party Politics
Party Politics will be the official journal of the APSA Section on Political Organizations and Parties and the section has issued a call for proposals for a theme and an editor (or co-editors) for this special issue. For best consideration, proposals should be received May 1.

Political Scientist Amy Gutmann Appointed to New Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
President Obama has established a new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to advise the President on bioethical issues that may emerge from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology.

Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs Research Space Available
Members planning research visits to Washington, D.C. should consider making use of the Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs. The Center can host scholars for short or extended stays, providing office space, computers, and other necessary resources. Applications are accepted at any time.