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A series of five meetings were held in 2012 and 2013 focused on the issues of science and security and biological research. Meeting participants included the AAU, APLU, AAAS, and the FBI. Each meeting provided a corresponding report.
Science & Security | Laboratory Issues & Safety | Biological & Chemical Security | ReportsOn May 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requested public comments on proposed revisions to the Public Health Services Conflict of Interest (COI) policy. In the responses DHHS received to its request for comment, several organizations expressed concerns that the…
Conflicts of Interest | Research Administration & Regulation | RecommendationThe Association of American Universities (AAU) established the Task Force on Research Accountability in response to concerns that individual conflict of interest processes were not always achieving the highest standards, and that institutional conflict of interest policies had rarely been develop
Conflicts of Interest | Human Subjects Protection | ReportsEnclosed please find comments from the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Council on Governmental Relations on the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Revisions to Definitions in the Export Administration…
Science & Security | Biological & Chemical Security | Export Controls | Security Classification | MemoAAU and other organizations sent a letter to representatives Pocan, Deutch, DelBene, Speier, Raskin, Nadler, DeGette, Lee, Lofgren, and Khanna to express their support for their amendment to H.R. 2740
Human Subjects Protection | Conflicts of Interest | LettersAAU, AAMC, APLU, and COGR sent a joint letter to the Office for Human Resources Protection (OHRP) expressing concern about the application of the cooperative research requirement under the revised Common Rule.
Human Subjects Protection | Research Administration & Regulation | Conflicts of Interest | LettersAAU submitted comments in response to the NSTC Joint Committee on the Research Environment’s recent request for information seeking input that the administration can use to “maximize the quality and effectiveness of the American research environment.
Research Administration & Regulation | Conflicts of Interest | Science & Security | Campus Climate and Safety | LettersNation's research universities wrote this letter to support the Foster-Lujan amendment to H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009.
Science & Security | Biological & Chemical Security | LettersThe following letter is for the NSABB and its staff on the question of dual-use biological research and dual use research of concern.
Science & Security | Biological & Chemical Security | LettersThe amendments proposed by the PHS are significant and will alter the relationship between a research institution, its investigators, and the PHS.
Research Administration & Regulation | Conflicts of Interest | Letters