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OMB-2026-0034: Public Comment on Federal Research Funding

· 1 min read · by Tyler J. Grear, Ph.D. biosecurity policy making American primacy
Far Side style panel. Scientists in safety goggles—including a brown-complexioned colleague—mid-breakthrough on laser optics while a political appointee with coffee asks how it helps his party win the midterms; Vannevar Bush's letter to President Truman lies coffee-stained on the bench below a post-war bargain certificate.

On July 13th, I prepared and subsequently submitted my public comment regarding the OMB’s proposed rule change (Docket OMB-2026-0034). I am grateful to Colette Delawalla, PhD and Stand Up for Science for their leadership in mobilizing the scientific community to engage on this issue.

With major biosecurity policy discussions looming in October, it is vital that active researchers continue noting these security vulnerabilities on the record before they become law.