Whats going on federal policy initiatives

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Whats going on?federal policy initiatives
research administration issues

• Jane A. Youngers
• Assistant Vice President for Research
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at
  San Antonio
• April 2007

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So, what is going on?

• federal budget
• grants.gov
• multiple pis
• a-133 compliance supplement
• science, safety, and security
• intellectual property
• conflict of interest
• grant terms and conditions
• far code of conduct
• federal funding accountability and transparency
  act of 2006
• trafficking in persons
• uniform federal reporting
• audits and reviews

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Federal Budget FY 07

• continuing resolution through September, 2007
• same federal budget as last year with some
  exceptions

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Federal Budget FY 07 CR
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Federal Budget FY 08
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Grants.gov

• its working
• move from PureEdge to Adobe
• May 3 Adobe e-Seminar (register with Grants.gov)

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Multiple PIs

• not much new since last year
• NIH still only agency with formal multiple PI
  procedures
• From an actual NIH Award
• Prior Approvals. In keeping with NOT-OD-06-054
• (http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/
  NOT-OD-06-054.html), as this grant has multiple
  Principal Investigators (PIs), although the
  signatures of the PIs are not required on prior
  approval requests submitted to the agency, the
  grantee institution must secure and retain the
  signatures of all of the PIs within their own
  internal processes.

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A-133 Compliance Supplement

• should be issued in May
• no substantial changes from last year
• subrecipient monitoring will remain important

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Science, Safety, Security

• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
  Draft Oversight Framework for Dual Use Research
• federal guidelines
• awareness
• ongoing, mandatory education
• evaluation and review of research for dual use
  potential
• risk assessment and risk management
• periodic evaluation
• compliance

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Science, Safety, Security

• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards,
  Department of Homeland Security
• interim final rules released in FR 4/9/07
• chemicals of interest and screening thresholds
  will be applicable to all awards, including those
  to colleges and universities

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Intellectual Property and Data Access

• Patent Reform Act of 2007
• first to file!
• CREATE Act

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Conflict of Interest

• NIH Summary of Targeted Site Reviews
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/TSR_Observ
  ations_2-14-2007.doc
• HHS OIG activities related to NIH COI rules both
  internal and external
• OSTP still looking at COI
• Associations looking at their guidance

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Grant Terms and Conditions

• Title 2 CFR
• Research Terms and Conditions
• still pending
• remember, not as good as it sounds
• ONR
• research grant terms and conditions amended Feb
  07
• NSF Proposal Award Policies Procedures Guide
  (NSF 07-140)

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FAR Code of Conduct Requirements

• FR 2/16/07
• applicable to contractors receiving awards in
  excess of 5 million
• requires
• written code of ethics and business conduct
• employee ethics and compliance training program
• internal control system proportionate to the
  size of the company and extent of its business
  with the federal government
• display OIG fraud hotline poster
• flowdown

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Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006 (PL 109-282)

• single free public access point to listings of
  all federal awards including subawards
• pilot with Federal Contracts in excess of 500M
• quarterly reports required
• will be a requirement for all awards regardless
  of amount or type effective 1/1/09

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Trafficking in Persons

• now in contracts eventually in all agreements
• currently requires
• establish policies and procedures
• public a statement notifying employees of
  governments zero tolerance
• establish an awareness program
• written agreements to abide by policy from
  employees
• appropriate disciplinary action
• softening of requirements under consideration

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Uniform Federal Reporting

• Federal Financial Report
• Performance Progress Report
• Performance Progress Report for Research Programs
• Tangible Personal Property
• Real Property Status
• Inventions

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Audits and Reviews Where We Are Most Vulnerable

• effort certification
• cost transfers
• conflict of interest

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Once Again, What Is Going On?

• more of the same and some new
• most of it means more things to worry about
• and when all else fails..

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• be happy you arent the cat.

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• And there is always one last thing.
• its that time again!

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2007 NBA Playoffs