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32 CFR 37.200: What are my responsibilities as an agreements officer for ensuring the appropriate use of TIAs?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 32—National Defense
- Subtitle A—Department of Defense
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
- SUBCHAPTER C—DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS
- PART 37—TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS
- Subpart B—Appropriate Use of Technology Investment Agreements
You must ensure that you use TIAs only in appropriate situations. To do so, you must conclude that the use of a TIA is justified based on:
(a) The nature of the project, as discussed in § 37.205;
(b) The type of recipient, addressed in § 37.210;
(c) The recipient's commitment and cost sharing, as described in § 37.215;
(d) The degree of involvement of the Government program official, as discussed in § 37.220; and
(e) Your judgment that the use of a TIA could benefit defense research objectives in ways that likely would not happen if another type of assistance instrument were used. Your answers to the four questions in § 37.225 should be the basis for your judgment.
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