Policy Perspective
Addendum to COGR Response to Proposed UG – July 31, 2013
The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), representing leading research universities, has submitted an addendum to comment on the proposed Uniform Guidance for federal grants as outlined in OMB-2013-0001. The letter acknowledges the federal initiative’s promise for meaningful grants reform, emphasizing the potential to provide regulatory relief and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of f
COGR Response to Proposed UG – May 31, 2013
The document is a formal communication from the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), offering comprehensive commentary on the proposed Uniform Guidance intended to streamline and update federal policies for grants, cooperative agreements, cost principles, and administrative requirements. Representing major research universities and institution
COGR Response to Grants Reform
OMB Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance, April 2012.
COGR Response to Advanced Notice (and concern with Flat Rates) – April 27, 2012
The document is a formal response from the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), an association of over 180 major research universities and affiliated institutes, to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Advanced Notice of Proposed Guidance (ANPG) regarding reforms to federal grant and cooperative agreement policies. COGR expresses appreciation for the federal effort to reduce administra
COGR Proposal to the A-21 Task Force
Discontinuation of the Effort Reporting Requirement, November 2011.
Recommendations to Reduce Cost and Burden Associated with OMB Circular A-21 and Related Cost Principles and Administrative Requirements
The Council on Governmental Relations' July 28, 2011 document presents a thorough set of recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) aimed at alleviating administrative and regulatory burdens faced by research institutions—particularly universities, non-profit organizations, and academic medical centers—in the management of federally funded research. The primary themes emphas
COGR Response to NIH RFI
Input on Reduction of Cost and Burden Associated with Federal Cost Principles for Educational Institutions (OMB Circular A-21), July 2011.
Regulatory and Financial Reform of Federal Research Policy - Recommendations to the NRC
The document, authored by David Kennedy and submitted to the National Research Council Committee on Research Universities in January 2011 by the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), Association of American Universities (AAU), and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), presents a comprehensive critique of the escalating regulatory and financial burdens faced by U.S. research
