Archived Announcements

Dear Colleagues: I am writing to you about animal research that requires the use of a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) facility. As you know, certain life sciences research is categorized by ...

Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services KEY TAKE AWAY Under revisions to federal export control laws a license may be required for activities involving advanced computing chips, semiconductors, integrated circuits or supercomputers. Contact ...

Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Treasury 04/01/2022 Specially Designated Nationals List Update Summary of Change: OFAC sanctioned five entities for providing support for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs development to the Democratic People’s ...

To: Administrative Officers, Deans, Department Chairs, Directors, Vice Chancellors, Vice Provosts and UCLA Health Re: Promulgation of UCLA Interim Policy 927: Conflict of Interests in Department of Energy Funded Projects Dear Colleagues: The ...

Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services SUMMARY As of February 21, 2022, the United States and its allies released sanctions and export controls in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These sanctions are ...

Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Treasury 01/26/2022 Burma Advisory Summary of Change: The U.S. Department of the Treasury joined the Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security, Labor, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and issued ...

U.S. regulations regarding Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sanctions and controls are rapidly evolving. This summary is not meant to be comprehensive, and some information may be superseded by subsequent changes/updates ...

To: Administrative Officers, Deans, Department Chairs, Directors, Vice Chancellors, and Vice Provosts Re: Promulgation of UCLA Policy 906: Undergraduate Researcher Laboratory Safety Dear Colleagues: The formal review process for UCLA Policy 906: Undergraduate ...

Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Commerce 10/5/21 86 FR 54807 Summary of Change: This rule amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by making targeted editorial corrections and clarifications to ensure language and policies already set forth in ...

Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Commerce 07/06/21 86 FR 35389 Summary of Change: This final rule added four companies to the Entity List. King Royal Technologies Co., Ltd. –  a telecommunication company Myanmar Wanbao Mining Copper, Ltd. Myanmar Yang Tse ...

Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Commerce 3/29/21 86 FR 16482 Summary of Change: This final rule revises the Commerce Control List (CCL) and corresponding parts of the EAR, to implement changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement List of ...

Please see below export control regulatory change to be published in the federal register on 4/9/21: Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 4/9/21 15 CFR Part 744 Summary ...

Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Commerce January 7 86 FR 936 Summary of Change: Changes reflect decisions adopted at the November 2019 Chemical Weapons Convention Conference of the States Parties. The Chemical Weapons Convention from 1997, is ...

Please see below export control regulatory change to be published in the federal register on 12/18/20: Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 12/18/20 15 CFR Part 744 Summary ...

Please see below export control regulatory change to be published in the federal register on 12/23/20: Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 12/23/2020 15 CFR Parts 744 ...

Please see below export control regulatory changes published in the federal register in late 2020: Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury 10/27/2020 85 FR 67988 Summary of Change: OFAC adds additional prohibitions on ...

Please see below export control regulatory changes published in mid-to-late 2020: Agency: Date: Link to Notice: Department of State 09/29/2020 85 FR 60855 Summary of Change: State Department publishes Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List This notice establishes the Cuba ...

Dear Colleagues: On November 18, 2021, the State of California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPCC) regulations were modified to permit agencies like the University of California to accept Statement of Economic ...

Due to limited resources and effective immediately, the UCLA high containment program can no longer support ABSL3 work in the BSL3 laboratory. Projects previously approved by the HCUC, ARC, and ...

The UCLA High Containment Use Committee (HCUC) acknowledges that the lack of Animal Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) facilities on campus has hampered research efforts related to COVID-19 and has therefore ...

To:  Administrators, Deans, Directors, Department Chairs, Executive Officers and Faculty Dear Colleagues: I am writing to follow up on an email about the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR) sent to campus deans ...

For the most recent version of this memo, see Compliance Alert. Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services COMPLIANCE ALERT FEDERAL LAWS MAY REGULATE RESEARCH/TELEWORK FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 Current Requirements Under federal export control law, ...

For the most recent version of this memo, see Compliance Alert. Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services COMPLIANCE ALERT FEDERAL LAWS MAY REGULATE WHETHER YOU CAN PROVIDE ONLINE CLASSES TO STUDENTS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE ...

To: Faculty, Deans, Directors, Department Chairs, and Administrative Officers Re: Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members Dear Colleagues: We are writing to remind you of prior approval and reporting requirements ...

Deans, Directors, Department Chairs, and Administrative Officers This memo provides direction about how UCLA is implementing UC Guidance Memo 19-02, Pilot Approach when Considering Funding from the Marijuana Industry. Per Guidance ...

To: Faculty, Deans, Directors, Department Chairs, and Administrative Officers Re: Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members Dear Colleagues: We are writing to remind you of prior approval and reporting requirements ...

Please see attached Memo from the Vice Chancellor for Research regarding Travel to Iran.

This guidance is issued to remind the campus clinical research community of the longstanding requirements to register and report results of clinical trials on the Federal database, www.ClinicalTrials.gov. It supplants campus ...

Attached is UCLA Interim Guidance on “Access to and Management of Research Data and Tangible Research Materials.” This guidance was developed in response to recently publicized disputes about ownership and ...

The final version of UCLA Policy 926: Public Health Service Regulations on Objectivity in Research, effective August 24, 2012, has been posted. The policy implements the 2011 revision of the Public ...

UCLA Policy 925: Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research, and UCLA Procedure 925.3: Disclosing Financial Interests Relevant to Federally Sponsored Research Projects (except Public Health Service) have also been revised, effective August ...

The Draft version of UCLA Policy 926: Public Health Service Regulations on Objectivity in Research, posted on May 31, 2012, has been revised in response to comments and suggestions received ...

Last summer revised regulations on “Objectivity in Research” were issued by the federal Public Health Service (PHS). These conflict of interest regulations which will go into effect on August 24, ...

Last summer the Office of the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Public Health Service (PHS) issued revised regulations on “Responsibility of Applicants for ...

Please see attached for the following new Research Policy & Analysis Coordination Operating Guidance memo: Memo 11-05: Summary Statement of Principles and Policies on Institutional Conflict of Interest in Research (June ...

Please see attached for the following new Research Policy & Analysis Coordination Operating Guidance memo: Memo 11-04: Financial Interest Disclosure in the Research Consent Form (June 1, 2011)

The America COMPETES Act requires that, at a minimum, all undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) grants receive formal education in the responsible ...

In addition to reaffirming UCLA’s commitment to maintaining the integrity of scholarship and research, UCLA Policy 993 outlines the way in which the campus will respond to allegations of research ...