Maggie, thanks. It’s some comfort to know we’re not the only office that struggles with this language. --Betty

From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of Maggie Griscavage
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:43 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Certification Regarding Material Support and Resources to Terrorists

Betty,

Nothing to forgive - welcome to "writing" land!

We, too, have seen these certifications creep into the award language. I have not been able to get them removed. It's almost as though, if we did get them removed, then we must be consorting with terrorists all over the place! So - best we can do is to argue that, since we don't hand-hold our employees 24-hours a day, when folks are hired they are apprised of our Board of Regents' policies and procedures and they agree to abide by them (ethics, conduct, responsible research, etc.). Do they? We just have to have faith and hope so.

Maggie

Betty Southard wrote:

Dear RESADM-ers:

Forgive me as this is my first posting. We have a subcontract under federal flow dollars from US Fish and Wildlife to a prime organization. The subcontract contains a certification that the university is ‘not providing support to terrorists’ and that it ‘will implement reasonable monitoring and oversight procedures to safeguard against assistance being diverted to support terrorist activity.’

How are others handling this? We asked for it to be removed, but of course, it HAS to be in there and EVERYONE else agrees to it.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Betty Southard

FSU Office of Research

109 Westcott Building

Tallahassee, FL 32306-1330

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