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Associations Oppose Cuts to NIH Budget
COGR joined with over 100 other organizations Monday on
April 30, 2015 - Abusive Litigation Practices of Patent Trolls
COGR and other higher education associations released a statement expressing the view that bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate, seeking to address abusive litigation practices of patent trolls while protecting the integrity of our patent system, was a substantial improvement over the pending House version (HR 9).
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
Joint Statement on Visa Problems Harming America's Scientific, Economic and Security Interests
Joint statement from twenty-five associations of higher education, science and engineering on new Visa procedures that may harm science, higher education and the nation.
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The revised Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review, issued by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), provides updated and detailed guidance to federal agencies regarding the peer review of influential scientific information disseminated to the public. Unlike the prior guidelines, which merely encouraged peer review, this Bull
