This week's headlines...

May 8, 2008

AAALAC Names New Executive Director

ORI Finds Former Univ. of Nebraska Researcher Engaged in Scientific Misconduct

Latest NSF OIG Effort Reporting Audit Released

OHRP Finds Compliance at UC-Berkeley

DOT Proposes to Place Fund Limitations Applicable to State and Local Governments on Grants to Universities

From the Archives...

Request Extension Now to Ease Compliance With New Chemical Security Rule Appendix (11/15/07)

While representatives of colleges and universities pronounced themselves “pleased” with the final piece of a federal regulation governing the security of chemicals that could be used by terrorists, they warn that compliance is still required — and immediate work is necessary.

The first thing they recommend is to consider filing for an extension for more time to comply with Appendix A of the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards. DHS issued the appendix on Nov. 2, 2007, and compliance is required within 60 days of its publication in the Nov. 20 Federal Register (72 Fed. Reg. 65396). The standards themselves went into effect June 8, 2007.

The standards and appendix require that universities and others conduct an inventory of a host of chemicals and report those that exceed certain levels to DHS, which then would decide what actions an institution must take to secure them…

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Privacy Rule Is Creating Havoc, Yet Offers No Added Protection, Researchers Tell IOM (10/15/07)

Despite the federal privacy rule being in effect for four years, with presumed compliance by universities and researchers, potential research subjects do not feel secure in releasing information to be part of a study, according to a new national survey presented at a recent meeting of an Institute of Medicine committee investigating the impact of the privacy rule on research.

Speaking at the meeting, Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research at Duke University Medical Center, said he believed the privacy rule and other regulations are contributing to the slow death of research itself — and of people suffering from illnesses.

“Because of the paralyzing effect of the interpretation of HIPAA, and other associated regulatory issues, it is likely that thousands to tens of thousands of Americans are dying or becoming disabled needlessly,” Califf told the 15-member Committee on Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information: The HIPAA Privacy Rule at its meeting on Oct. 1, 2007...

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