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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).
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.
