Comment Letter
COGR Joins a Multi-Association Response to the Request for Comments to Docket Number DoD–2023–OS–0063 / Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) 0790–AL49, “Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program”
The collective comments submitted by the American Council on Education (ACE), Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), COGR, and EDUCAUSE address the Department of Defense’s proposed updates to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program. The associations commend the DoD for recognizing that fundamental research general…
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
COGR Joins Coalition Statement in Support of Research Using Human Fetal Tissue
The coalition statement expresses strong support from a broad array of scientific, medical, and patient advocacy organizations for the continued use of human fetal tissue (HFT) in biomedical research. The statement underscores the critical role HFT has played in enabling significant scientific and clinical advances, including the development of vital vaccines (such as those for polio, rubella, and
Joint Association & Institutional Letter to President Trump on Fetal Tissue Research Restrictions and COVID-19
The letter, dated March 25, 2020, is a joint appeal from numerous leading scientific, medical, and patient advocacy organizations to President Donald J. Trump. The signatories urge a reconsideration and immediate lifting of federal restrictions on research involving human fetal tissue, emphasizing the critical role such research plays in developing treatments and vaccines during the COVID-19 pande
Education Title IV Audit Concerns
This document is a formal letter from four leading professional organizations—AICPA, COGR, NACUBO, and NASACT—addressed to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) recent policy requiring a separate annual compliance audit for Title IV Student Aid Programs, regardless of the programs’ risk status under existing single audit regulations.
COGR Submits Proposed FAQs on Uniform Guidance to OMB
The document is a formal letter from the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), an association representing major research universities, addressed to Mr. Gilbert Tran at the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Financial Management. Dated August 26, 2016, the letter provides a set of proposed Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) intended to clarify sections of the Unifor
