Deciding Official definition

Deciding Official means the person chosen by the protestor to decide the agency protest; it may be either the Contracting Officer or the Agency Protest Official.

Deciding Official means the University official who makes final determinations on allegations of research misconduct and any responsive institutional actions. The Deciding Official will not be the same individual as the Research Integrity Officer and should have no direct prior involvement in the institution's inquiry, investigation, or allegation assessment.

Deciding Official means the official who will review and decide a procurement protest filed with the agency. The Deciding Official will be the contracting officer unless the protestor requests pursuant to JAR 2833.103(b) that the protest be decided by an individual above the level of the contracting officer, in which case the HCA will designate an APO to serve as the Deciding Official.

Examples of Deciding Official in a sentence

• The Research Integrity Officer is responsible for implementing any steps the Deciding Official approves.

• The Research Integrity Officer will transmit the final report and any comments to the Deciding Official, who will make the determination of whether findings from the inquiry provide sufficient evidence of possible research misconduct to justify conducting an investigation.

• The Deciding Official may also return the report to the investigation committee with a request for further fact-finding or analysis.

• The Deciding Official will not be the same individual as the Research Integrity Officer and should have no direct prior involvement in the institution’s inquiry, investigation, or allegation assessment.

• In addition, the Deciding Official will determine whether law enforcement agencies, professional societies, professional licensing boards, editors of journals in which falsified reports may have been published, collaborators of the respondent in the work, or other relevant parties should be notified of the outcome of the case.

More Definitions of Deciding Official

Deciding Official means the institutional official appointed by the Commissioner of Health who makes final determinations on allegations of scientific misconduct and any responsive institutional actions.

Deciding Official means the official designated by the administrative head of a covered institution to make a final institutional determination as to whether retaliation occurred.

Deciding Official means the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Medical Faculty, or the institutional official designated by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Medical Faculty to serve as the Deciding Official. The Deciding Official is responsible for making final determinations regarding Allegations, Inquiries and any sanctions to be imposed where the Investigation Committee has made a finding of Research Misconduct, and may have peripheral, but not direct, prior involvement in any Inquiry, Investigation or Assessment.

Deciding Official means the institutional official who makes final determinations on allegations of academic research misconduct and on any responsive institutional actions. At Cleveland state university the deciding official is the provost and senior vice president.

Deciding Official. ’ means the person cho- sen by the protester to decide the agency protest. The deciding official may be either the Contracting Officer or the Agency Pro- test Official.

Deciding Official means the institutional official who makes final determinations on allegations of research misconduct and any responsive institutional actions. The Deciding Official shall serve as the “president’s designee” with regard to disciplinary action and may be the “appropriate administrator” with regard to administrative actions. In cases where the “president’s designee” is not the “appropriate administrator,” the “president’s designee” can refer the matter to an “appropriate administrator.” The Deciding Official will not be the same individual as the Research Integrity Officer and should have no prior involvement in the institution's inquiry, investigation, or allegation assessment.

Deciding Official means the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and related Centers and Institutes (Medical Center); and the Vice Provost for Research for all other Schools, Centers and Institutes.