Executive Order 14222, intended to enhance efficiency and transparency and reduce costs in federally funded research, has instead imposed significant new...
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Financial research accounting, management, and billing activities are subject to various and evolving requirements. COGR assesses and reports on significant changes, as well as advocating for practical requirements that provide effective safeguards without undue administrative burden.
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Points to Consider for Reimbursement of Expenses Under Active Grants (V.2): Framework for Navigating the 2025 Administration Transition
Changes to federal payment systems, processes, and requirements implementing
Updated: Costing Points to Consider for Terminations and Suspensions (V.2)
Communications from federal agencies about terminations and suspensions are inconsistent with each other and often with sponsor policies and Uniform Guidance.&…
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COGR Response to Grants Reform
OMB Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance, April 2012.
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.
