Fed Update: COGR News Digest

9/10/25

"The Axios Show" exclusive: Lutnick says U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue (Axios Interview)

After taking a stake in Intel and a cut of Nvidia's chip sales in China, the U.S. government may next target a share of the money generated by patents developed at major universities using federal funding, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

9/10/25Nature

Scientists take on Trump: these researchers are fighting back

9/9/25NIH Statement

NIH Launches Initiative to Modernize and Strengthen Biosafety Oversight

9/9/25Defense Scoop

Pentagon to officially implement CMMC requirements in contracts by Nov. 10

The amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement marks the near end of a years-long effort to enforce CMMC 2.0 cybersecurity standards for defense contractors.

9/9/25Federal News Network

White House seeks stopgap bill through Jan. 31 to avoid government shutdown

The Trump administration is calling on Congress to pass a four-month stopgap spending bill, in order to avoid a government shutdown, according to congressional appropriators

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Democrats embrace government shutdowns in Trump 2.0

9/9/25Nature

AI chatbots are already biasing research — we must establish guidelines for their use now

The current information ecosystem is dominated by ‘answer engines’ — AI chatbots that synthesize and deliver information directly, with users trusting the answers now more than ever. As a researcher in metascience and psychology, I see this transition as the most important change in knowledge discovery in a generation. Although these tools can answer questions faster and often more accurately than search engines can, this efficiency has a price.

9/9/25The Washington Post