COGR President Matt Owens on White House Executive Order "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking"

Matt Owens, president of the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), issued a strongly worded statement on August 8 in response to the White House’s Executive Order on August 7, which included policy guidance to federal agencies on grantmaking and grant oversight processes, considerations for discretionary awards, limitations to the reimbursement of facilities and administrative (F&A) costs, and broadened authority to terminate existing and future discretionary grants.

COGR represents more than 230 research universities, affiliated medical centers, and research institutes and provides guidance on how federal policies and regulations impact research institutions.

Our current guidance for LSU researchers and administrators is to refer all communications from funding agencies related to, or resulting from, the Executive Order, such as potential policy changes or use of alternative F&A rates, to the Office of Sponsored Programs at osp@lsu.edu. OSP will provide guidance to the LSU research community on how to respond in consultation with LSU leadership.