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Instructions for Federal Financial Assistance Program Analysis in Support of M-25-13
RESCINDED: The document provides a detailed and comprehensive inventory of federal programs that offer financial assistance across nearly every major U.S. government department and agency. Its primary purpose is to guide federal agencies in systematically analyzing, reporting, and submitting information on these programs in accordance with Memorandum M-25-13 and related Office of Management
OMB QA M-25-13 (RESCINDED)
The document communicates guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Orders, specifically instructing federal agencies to temporarily pause, where legally permissible, grant, loan, or federal financial assistance programs implicated by these orders. Programs affected relate to directives such as curtailing certain diversity,
COGR, AAU, and AUTM Submit Joint Association Letter on COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities
The letter, submitted jointly by the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Council on Government Relations (COGR), and AUTM, addresses the U.S. International Trade Commission in relation to Investigation No. 332-596, focusing on COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics, and the possible expansion of the TRIPS Agreement waiver. The associations, representing leading American research universiti
AAU, COGR PRAISE DOD MEMORANDUM, ISSUE REPORT ON RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CONTRACTS
The document announces the issuance of a memorandum by Undersecretary of Defense John J. Young, Jr., which affirms the Department of Defense’s policy to avoid restricting publication or dissemination of results from DOD-funded basic and applied research, except in cases where such research is classified or otherwise legally restricted. This policy clarification follows concerns highlighted in a ne