Comment Letter
COGR Submits Comments/Questions to NIH on "Single IRB Policy FAQs for Extramural Community"
COGR submits comments and questions to NIH on the document 'NIH Single IRB Policy FAQs for Extramural Community." Comments are indicated in red italic text.
Association Responses to Petitions to the USDA
The joint letter from the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) responds to a USDA request for public comment on a petition proposing amendments to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations. Specifically, the petition asks for the development of specific, ethologically appropriate standards for nonhuman primates used in research. In their respon
Analysis of Common Rule Comments
In January 2016, COGR staff and university and association volunteers began an analysis of the 2,186 comments submitted to regulations.gov in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (Common Rule).
