Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 3 (March, 2022) -
Government auditors know they have something of a thankless job. Their role is to be perhaps hypercritical: Was that computer bought near the end of the award really...more
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 2 (January 27, 2022) -
While expressing their “great disappointment,” the University of Michigan (U-M) Board of Regents on Jan. 16 announced the immediate removal of Mark Schlissel as...more
1/31/2022
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Criminal Convictions ,
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False Statements ,
Federal Grants ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Centers ,
Medical Research ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) -
A former Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researcher who was the principal investigator on a 2014 NIH award of $939,495.27 and...more
8/30/2021
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Hospitals ,
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Malware ,
Medical Research ,
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National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Phishing Scams ,
Public Comment ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) -
Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more
5/24/2021
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FDA Warning Letters ,
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Health Care Providers ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Noncompliance ,
OIG ,
OSTP ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Restitution ,
Scientific Research ,
Trade Secrets ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 2 (February 2021) -
“I don’t want to be on the front page of the paper with my best researcher being dragged off in handcuffs. It doesn’t look good for our university,” a senior...more
1/25/2021
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False Statements ,
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Federal Grants ,
Foreign Entities ,
Government Agencies ,
Guilty Pleas ,
National Security ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) -
The 120-day closeout that institutions fought for after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) first released the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost...more
11/25/2020
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Educational Institutions ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Indirect Expenses ,
New Guidance ,
OMB ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Research Funding ,
Termination for Convenience ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (September 24, 2020)
What the federal government—and a whistleblower—allege were False Claims Act (FCA) violations actually resulted from an “accounting discrepancy,” according to the...more
9/26/2020
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Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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Federal Grants ,
Fraud ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Popular ,
Restitution ,
Salaried Employees ,
Whistleblowers
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020)
- The Office of Management and Budget has published guidance for agencies and recipients of federal awards and contracts, finalizing a document issued in February...more
8/24/2020
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National Science Foundation ,
New Guidance ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Plagiarism ,
Professors ,
Retirement ,
Scientific Research ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Trade Associations ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020) -
As part of its recent settlement with the Department of Justice regarding allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations, Lehigh University of Pennsylvania is...more
8/20/2020
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Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Training ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Grants ,
IRB ,
Medical Research ,
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) ,
Oversight Duties ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Scientific Research ,
Sham Transactions ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) -
A former assistant veterinary medicine professor at the University of Maryland will retract or correct seven papers published from 2013 to 2016 that contained reused or...more
5/26/2020
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Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Reporting ,
Federal Grants ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
IP License ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
Patents ,
Professors ,
Repayment Options ,
Settlement ,
Tax Fraud ,
U.S. Attorney ,
Universities ,
Veterinarians
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) -
With the recent appointment of an HHS leader as its permanent director and a former Johns Hopkins misconduct official to another key post, the HHS Office of Research...more
5/22/2020
/ Academic Misconduct ,
Administrative Appointments ,
Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Federal Grants ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Research ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Request For Information ,
Research and Development ,
Scientific Research ,
Sequestration
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 4 (April 2020)
The Food and Drug Administration has accused a University of Michigan physician and professor of conducting research for more than three years after his approval from the...more
4/1/2020
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Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Grants ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Research ,
NASA ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
Professors ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Warning Letters ,
Wrongful Termination
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 4 (April 2020) -
“In an effort to minimize the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 in human participant research interactions and to preserve personal protective equipment for...more
3/30/2020
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Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Extensions ,
Federal Grants ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Office Closures ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) -
Despite its earlier agreement to repay just $5,442 in costs questioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, the University of...more
2/24/2020
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Audits ,
China ,
Compliance ,
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Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Espionage ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
FBI ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Fraud ,
Harvard University ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Board (NSB) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OSTP ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Reimbursements ,
Scientific Research ,
Smuggling ,
Theft ,
Universities ,
Visa Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) -
Institutions with federal research dollars, particularly from the National Science Foundation (NSF), know they may be subject to an audit by the funding...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) -
- More than two years after Ozgur Tataroglu’s paper was retracted, the HHS Office of Research Integrity found that it and two grant applications contained...more
1/29/2020
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Compliance ,
Cross-Border ,
Embezzlement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Reporting ,
Federal Grants ,
Global Code of Ethics ,
Global Health Issues ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Integrity Policies ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Professors ,
Research Funding ,
Research Papers ,
Retracted Documents ,
Scientific Research ,
State Universities ,
Supervision ,
Suspensions & Debarments
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) -
Acting with “deliberate ignorance” and “reckless disregard” are not words that any institution wants to hear associated with its name. But these are at the heart...more
1/28/2020
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Workers ,
Government Investigations ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
OIG ,
Omissions ,
Research Funding ,
Restitution ,
Settlement
Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) -
An independent federal office should be established to address “substantiated claims of sexual misconduct,” investigators should disclose related findings against...more
11/21/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Bioengineering ,
Biotechnology ,
Diversity ,
Federal Grants ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Research Assistants ,
Scientific Research ,
Sexual Harassment ,
STEM ,
Title XI
Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 36 (Oct. 14, 2019).
- NIH should “update its guidance on vetting peer reviewer nominees to identify potential foreign threats to research integrity” and “develop a risk-based approach...more
10/25/2019
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Audits ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Employee Training ,
Federal Grants ,
Fraud ,
Medicare ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Peer Review ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Universities