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Human Subjects Research Protections

Proposal to Improve Rules Protecting Human Research Subjects

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued on September 2, 2015 as a draft of the final rule intended to modernize, strengthen, and...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 2:56 PM

Clarification for the post

Export Control Update - Use of Cloud Services

The September 2, 2015 "Important" notice about the use of cloud services such as Box or Google may have led some to conclude both services are inherently and/or equally insecure under the...

Posted: September 5, 2015, 2:23 PM

Export Control Update - Use of Cloud Services

The ORPC and DoIT recommend that UMBC personnel not collaborate or communicate any potential export controlled, restricted, or sensitive information, data via cloud service products. Details...

Posted: September 2, 2015, 8:56 AM

Society of Research Administrators Annual Meeting

Interested in volunteering and presenting at the SRA annual meeting in Las Vegas, click on the below link. The Call for Proposals closes on September 18, 2015. Registration information is also...

Posted: August 25, 2015, 1:18 PM

OLAW and NSF Funded Research

OLAW now to oversee vertebrate animal research funded by NSF

The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) announced this month that effective October 1, 2015, OLAW will extend its oversight of animal research and teaching activities funded by the...

Posted: August 24, 2015, 3:52 PM