Our state legislature recently introduced a bill requiring state-level review of
proposals submitted by all state agencies (including higher education) to any
federal or nonfederal sponsor.  In this bill, the state office responsible for
such a review would have 30 days in which to review the proposal, write a
detailed report, and either approve or reject the proposal.  If it is approved,
then it can be submitted to the sponsor.  If it is rejected, then it can't.

We have gathered information on how this would impact our institution, and
representatives have testified before the committee reviewing the bill.  You can
imagine our testimony on this prospect.

Now that we are in a lull in activity, I am curious.  Is there ANY other state
that  has such a requirement?  Any contemplating one?

Sally

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Sally Eckert-Tilotta, PhD, Assistant to the Director
Office of Research and Program Development
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND  58202
email:  xxxxxx@mail.und.nodak.edu
tel:  701-777-2049
fax: 701-777-2504

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