COGR Submits Joint Association Response to OMB on Comment Request; iEdison System

The letter, submitted by COGR and other higher education associations, expresses strong support for the continued redesign, expansion, and harmonization of the iEdison invention reporting system across all federal agencies, as outlined in OMB Control No. 0693-0090. The associations highlight the benefits of uniform reporting requirements under the Bayh-Dole Act, including reduced compliance burden and improved data quality, and recommend OMB approval of the information collection request. They also endorse the inclusion of gender data in invention reporting and commend NIST's effective implementation of the updated iEdison system.