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Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
Purpose
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards a large number of grants providing substantial federal funding for research purposes. These grants include significant payments for indirect costs, defined as facilities and administration. 45 CFR 75.414(a). The facilities category is defined as depreciation on buildings, equipment and capital improvements, interest on debt associated with certain buildings, equipment and capital improvements, and operations and maintenance expenses. Id. And the administration category is defined as general administration and general expenses such as the directors office, accounting, personnel, and all other types of expenditures not listed specifically under one of the subcategories of ‘Facilities (including cross allocations from other pools, where applicable). Id.
In issuing grants, NIH generally uses the indirect cost rate negotiated by an agency with cognizance for F&A/indirect
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In trying to make sense of the wrecking ball that is Elon Musk and President Trump’s DOGE, it may be helpful to think about the Evil Housekeeper Problem. It’s a principle of computer security roughly stating that once someone is in your hotel room with your laptop, all bets are off. Because the intruder has physical access, you are in much more trouble. And the person demanding to get into your computer may be standing right beside you.
So who is going to stop the evil housekeeper from plugging a computer in and telling IT staff to connect it to the network?
What happens if someone comes in and tells you that you’ll be fired unless you reveal the authenticator code from your phone, or sign off on a code change, or turn over your PIV card, the Homeland Security–approved smart card used to
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Summary Company Announcement Date: February 06, 2025 FDA Publish Date: February 06, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages
Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement:
Recall Reason Description
Potential Foodborne Illness – Salmonella
Company Name: Turkana Food Inc. Brand Name:
Brand Name(s)
Product Description:
Product Description
Tahini Sesame Paste
Company Announcement
Turkana Food Inc. Kenilworth, NJ is recalling 858 cases OF Aleppo Tahini Sesame Paste because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
The Recalled Aleppo Tahini Sesame Paste was distributed in the states of FL, KY, VA, NY, NJ, TN, MA, TX, Il, IN, MI, RI, PA, NC, MD, VA, OH, AL, MO, CA.
The Recalled 1lb (16oz plastic jar Brand name Aleppo Sesame Paste Tahini. The product packaging is a 16oz plastic jar with a gold lid and gold
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The report notes that the team has completed all experimental work on the physical evidence from the building’s structural elements.
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