• NAVREF's 10th Annual ReporT (2001-2002)
• NAVREF'S 11th Annual ReporT (2002-2003)
• NAVREF's 12th Annual ReporT (2003-2004)
• NAVREF's 13th ANNUAL REPORT (2004-2005)
• NAVREF's 14th ANNUAL REPORT (2005-2006)

NAVREF MEMBERS/MEMBERSHIP

• Application for NAVREF Membership
• BackgrounD ABOUT OUR MEMBERS
• NPC Statutory Authority
• NPC Fact Sheet
• VHA Handbook 1200.17 - 12-17-01
• VHA Handbook 1400.2 - 11-14-01

NAVREF's PROGRAMS

• NAVREF Insurance Program
  • Application for Professional Liability Insurance
  • Application for Crime+ Policy>$1 million
  • Application for Crime+ Policy<$1 million
  • FTCA COVERAGE
  • Generic Broker of Record Letter
  • INsurance - Non-owned Vehicles
  • Clinical Research Professional Liability Coverage for NPCs
• Best Practices Consultations Program
• Preferred Vendor Program
• Video Order Form

NAVREF's governance

• NAVREF Bylaws
• NAVREF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• NAVREF BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES

• 2006 Annual conference

  • Handouts from Naming Elephants for Organizational Success session

    • Naming Elephants presentation

    • Naming Elephants worksheet

  • Handouts from NPC Operations Take II session

    • NPC Operations Take II

    • Policy on Cell Phones

  • Handout from Clinical Research Professional Liability Coverage for NPCs

    • Clinical Research Professional Liability Coverage for NPCs

  • Handout from Managing Federal Subawards and Subcontracts

    • Generic NPC Subaward Template

  • Handout from Reimbursing Your VAMC for CSPPFRP*

    • Reimbursing Your VAMC for CSPPFRP*

• EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES - An IRS PERSPECTIVE
• FLSA Conference Call: New FLSA Regulations
• HIPAA CONFERENCE CALL
• UNDERSTANDING IRS FORM 990
• SAS 112 CONFERENCE CALL

NAVREF - Library

• 15% Generic University Sample Letter

• 15% Two Pager

• 15% TWO PAGER Stanford University

• Accounting Software

• Aliens and FICA Withholding

• Annual Reports

• Annual Reports - 2002 Reminder from NAVREF

• ANNUAL REPORTS - 2004 Highlights

• Automatic Excess Benefit Travel Reimbursement

• Best Practices Consultations

• BUSINESS MEETINGS

• Checklist-Accountant Assessment

• Checklist-Accountant Assessment

• Checklist-Education Subcommittee Policy

• Checklist-expand to research and education

• Checklist-Notifying IRS of New Activity

• Checklist-Sample request form

• Clinical Research Professional Liability Coverage for NPCs

• Conflict of Interest Policy for NPCs

• Overhead on Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) Projects

• CRADAS - APRIL 1 ADVISORY RESPONSE

• CS2 Installation Instructions

• CS2 Introduction

• CTAA Guidance to NPCs

• DEU Announcement

• Employee or Independent Contractor

• EMBEZZLEMENT: What to do Re Embezzlement

• Executive Director Job Descriptions - Samples

• Executive Order 10096

• FDA Industry Sponsorship Regulations

• Federalwide Assurance Process (FWA)

  • NPC FWA APPLICATION FORM

  • Sample NPC FWA MOUs

• FHPP Policy

  • FHPP Final Directive

  • FHPP Clarifying Email - September 13, 2004

• FTCA COVERAGE

• Fund raising caveats

• Fund raising caveats-5 CFR 2365.808

• Government Passport Required for Official Travel Overseas

• Grants and Contracts Guidance

  • Grants AND contracts-Attachment 1

  • Grants and Contracts-Attachment 2

  • Grants and Contracts-Attachment 3

• Honorarium decision tree

• IG Evaluation Fresno - VAOIG

• Indirect Cost Proposal Commonalities

• INSURANCE

  • INSURANCE - Clinical Research Professional Liability Coverage for NPCs

  • INSURANCE - FTCA COVERAGE

  • INsurance - Non-owned Vehicles

• Internal Controls

• IPA - INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL ACT ASSIGNMENTS

• IRB Fee Survey Summary Dec 18, 2001

• IRS Issues Final Regulations on Tax Exempt Disclosure Requirements

• IRS PERSPECTIVE ON EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES

• IRS Rulings-Ltr 7936006

• IRS Rulings Regarding Research vs Drug Testing

• IRS Rulings-Rev.Rul 68-373

• IRS Rulings-Rev.Rul 76-296

• FLSA - Conference Call: New FLSA Regulations

• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

  • ORD Memo re MOU for NPC Reimbursement to VA - 04/06/06

  • SAMPLE REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS MOU

  • Sample JOINT APPOINTMENT/SALARY MOUS

  • Sample NPC FWA MOUs

• Mergers, Dissolution and Dormancy

• Merrill Lynch depository limitations

• Naming Elephants presentation

  • Naming Elephants worksheet

• New Executive Directors

• New NPC

  • New NPC-Sample Articles

  • New NPC-Sample bylaws

• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

• NPC Statute Revisions

• Penalty for a late IRS Form 990

• Records Retention

• Reimbursement of the medical care appropriation

  • Reimbursement of the Medical Care Appropriation - cfr

  • Clinical Impact Form

  • CS2 Introduction

  • CS2 Installation Instructions

  • 2006 AC Handout - Reimbursing Your VAMC for CSPPFRP*

• Sexual harrassment policy and at will disclaimer

• GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

• IMPACT OF THE 2002 SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX) ON NONPROFITS

• vHA SENIOR MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

• self assessment tool for NPCs (s.a.t.)

• Sponsor bonus for NPC employee

• SUBCONTRACTS

• Subscriptions and Dues

• SURVEY ON CLINICAL RESEARCH AGREEMENT ISSUES (2004)

• Time and a Half Overtime Opinions

• Travel Policy

  • Automatic Excess Benefit Travel Reimbursement

  • Travel - Ethics basics

  • Travel - form 10-0101B

  • Travel - Payments From NPCs AllowabLE

  • Travel - reimbursement

  • Government Passport Required for Official Travel Overseas

• Transfer Policy  - DRAFT

• University or NPC Management of Grants

• VA Pharmaceutical Sales Contacts

• VA Physician Pay-18USC209

• VA Physician Pay-18USC216

• VA Physician Pay

• VA Physician Pay-VHA Directive 5113

• VA OIG Administrative Investigation - NAVREF Comments

• VERA Team

• VERA Team Memo

• VERA Team Report

• WOC APpointments

  • WOC Form

  • WOC Request Form

  • WOC Statutes and VA Regulations

• FRIENDS OF VA Medical Care and health research http://www.friendsofva.org 

• NAVREF - Legal Resources

  • CFO Responsibilities Regarding NPCs - O.G.C. Advisory 43-94 (10/20/94)

  • Cooperative Agreements - O.G.C. Advisory 27-90 (4/24/90)

  • DHHS - no jurisdiction VA's clinical labs - O.G.C. Advisory 27-91 (7/24/91)

  • Education - Advisory (8/15/91)

  • Federal Technology Transfer Act and CRADAs White Paper

  • CRADAs and NPCs -- OGC Opinion 024M (9-30-96)

  • Federal Tort Claims Act - Unpublished Opinion (10/27/92)

  • GSA Supply Schedule - Unpublished Opinion (12/30/91)

  • Health Care - Advisory (8/15/91)

  • Investment of funds - O.G.C. Advisory 55-90 (6/29/90)

  • Multi-Center Studies. O.G.C. Opinion 023 (11/4/99)

  • Purchase of U.S. Treasury securities - O.G.C. Advisory 18-91 (5/1/910)

  • Royalties transferred to corporations - O.G.C. Unpublished Opinion (12/9/92)

  • Salary reimbursement to VA - O.G.C. Unpublished Opinion (4/29/93)

  • Sharing Agreements with VA - O.G.C. Advisory 57-89 (undated)

  • Sharing Agreements between VA Medical Centers and Research Corporations regarding expenditures. O.G.C. Legal Opinion 4/4/90

  • Solicit charitable contributions O.G.C. Advisory 23-93 6/28/93

  • Standards of Conduct - O.G.C. Unpublished Opinion (6/18/93)

  • Travel overseas by physicians - O.G.C. Unpublished Opinion (9/8/92)

  • VA employee compensation - O.G.E. 86 x 8 (8/7/86)

  • VA employee compensation from grants - O.G.C. Advisory 1-91 (1/28/91)

  • VA employee - receipt of funds - O.G.C. Advisory 34-91 (9/23/91)

  • VA employee - serving as both Director and Officer - O.G.C. Unpublished Opinion (10/27/92)

  • VA employee - supervision - O.G.C. Advisory 10-91 (2/11/91)

  • VA transfer of Cooperative Funds - O.G.C. Advisory 27-90 (4/24/90)

  • VA funds to reimburse corporations - O.G.C. Unpublished Opinion 2/16/96

  • VA regulation of research corporations - O.G.C. Advisory 18-91 (5/1/91)

  • Management of Nonprofit Funds - O.G.C. Opinion (2/7/95)

  • NPC sponsored EES sponsored training may be available to employees at other facilities - O.G.C. Opinion (11/2006)

   

  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions
  • NPCs and FTTA
  • Multicenter Studies OGC Opinion 023
  • CRADAs and NPCs OGC Opinion 024M
  • OGC Corporations Panel
  • OGC Corporations Panel
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - O.G.C. 020795
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC1091
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC1891
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC191
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC2393
  • oGC Opinion OGC2399
  • oGC Opinion OGC2790: cooperative agreements - transferring funds to the NPC
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC2791
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC3491
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC5590
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC5789
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGC81591
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - OGE868
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - UO102792
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - UO123091
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - UO12992
  • Compendium of General Counsel Opinions - UO21696
  • oGC Opinion UO42993: NPC reimbursement to Va for va employee salary
  • oGC Opinion UO61893: Acceptance of gifts from npcs
  • oGC Opinion UO93091: NPC compensation of VA Statutory employee as npc officer
  • oGC Opinion UO9892: Foreign Travel support
  • OGC opinion DC-662-00-0033: receipt and donation of honorarium

  Clinical research Agreements

  • Negotiating CRA's Introductory remarks
    • Applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, va publications and irs rulings
    • Applicable Federal Statutes and Regulations
  • Introduction/Preamble
  • ACOS Letter to a Clinical Study Sponsor
  • Applicable Law
  • Clinical Research Agreement
    • Clinical Research Agreement and notes
  • Confidentiality
    • Confidentiality - sample clauses
    • confidentiality - vA Reporting and Confidentiality
  • Debarment Certification
  • Indemnification
    • indemnification - sample Clauses
  • Insurance
  • Investigator's Certification
  • Millennium Compliance
  • Ownership of Documents
  • Patents/Inventions
    • Patents/Inventions - sample clause
  • Publications
    • Publications - Additional Samples
  • Reciprocal Notification
  • Scope of Work
  • Signature Page
    • Signature Page - sample page
  • Termination of Agreement
    • Termination of Agreement - sample clause
  • VA Treatment of Research-Related Injuries
  • VA Treatment of Research-Related Injuries
  • Subject Injury Reimbursement - sample clause