Check out the following:
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/1999pres/991022.html
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/1999pres/991022a.html
Last October, HHS Secretary Donna Shalala accepted the recommendations of a special review group on research misconduct and research integrity involving research funded by agencies of the U.S. Public Health Services; those recommendations included a training initiative.

Once we have all digested this news, I'll be interested in hearing how various campuses might deal with a new requirement for training assuming (as I do) that the draft policy is implemented.

Janet

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Jennifer Lech wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm sure many of you are aware by now of the announcement of the new "draft" policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research published in last week's NIH Guide.  The notice can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-045.html.
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> Does anyone know what specifically prompted this revision to the current policy, which requires the development of a program of instruction only for trainees?
>
> Please respond either to my e-mail address listed below or directly to the listserv. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jennifer Lech
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