On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (“ORI”) published a Sample Policies and Procedures for Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct (“Sample Policy”) to align...more
Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has introduced sweeping changes across the federal government that have impacted the federal grantee and contractor community. Adding to these changes, the National Institutes...more
In 2023, after two years of study, an NIH task force proposed a series of recommendations to improve stewardship of research it funds, including that the agency adopt “stopping rules” that would allow poorly designed or low...more
New York Medical College (NYMC) officials thought the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit was wrapping up in December 2021, based on what “the original senior auditor” told them. But the auditor retired and work...more