Annual reports for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 are due to OLAW by January 31, 2015 as required by the PHS Policy.

Join OLAW for a webinar, Openness and Transparency and Biomedical Research Oversight: What Your Institution Should Know, on December 4, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET. A panel of experts will discuss the relationship of the Federal FOIA and states open records laws to the USDA OLAW MOU that promotes continual improvement in animal welfare and reduces redundancy in oversight and regulatory burden.

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The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) will present the 2014 Winter Conference, “Doing More With Less: Running a Fit Animal Research Program,” on December 8-9, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. The two-day conference is for IACUC members and administrators, principal investigators, attending veterinarians, regulatory personnel and laboratory animal care staff. The program will provide key findings and advances in research animal welfare and explore policy and management issues related to IACUCs.

OLAW is pleased to announce that Ms. Nicole L. Zimmerman joined the Division of Policy and Education as a Laboratory Animal Welfare Analyst in September 2014. Ms. Zimmerman's appointment was achieved through the NIH Pathways Program, a mechanism that enables NIH divisions to retain high performance student interns in career appointments.

IACUC 101/301 Workshops will be held November 4-5, 2014 in Richmond, VA. Learn more at IACUC 101.

The 65^th AALAS National Meeting will be held on October 19-23, 2014 in San Antonio, TX. The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) National Meeting is the largest gathering in the world for professionals concerned with the production, care, and use of laboratory animals. For more information, go to http://www.aalas.org/nationalmeeting/.

The American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP) Continuing Education Seminar will be held on October 18, 2014 in San Antonio, TX. This year’s subject is “Research with Large Animal Models: Texas Sized Approaches to Optimal Animal Welfare Practices and Occupational Health and Safety” with an expert panel of speakers. For more information, go to http://www.aslap.org/events.

The New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR) will present “IACUC 21: The Charge & The Challenge” conference on October 17, 2014 in Somerset, NJ. This year’s conference will focus on the evolving role of animal welfare compliance – from the genesis of the role in modern programs to its status of a standalone office in many institutions. For more information, go to http://njabr.com/events/current-events/iacuc-21/.

Registration closes September 30, 2014. Register here.