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2026-06 RES: UG Library Webinar Downloads
Attain Partners’ June 8 session, Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200: May 2026 Updates, introduced the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s proposed revisions to 2 CFR 200. The June 15 session, Top FAQs on the Proposed Revisions, addresses key questions raised by those changes. This panel will take a closer look at two proposed revisions that could affect how research institutions support access to and dissemination of scholarly work.
Proposed revisions to §200.454 would eliminate academic periodicals as allowable federal grant costs. Proposed revisions to §200.461 would restrict publication costs, including article processing charges (APCs).
If finalized, these changes could impact cost recovery for sponsored research, further tighten library budgets, disrupt open access commitments, and place new pressure on the ecosystem that connects researchers to the literature their work depends on, including efforts to support public access to federally funded research.
This recorded session reviews §200.454 and §200.461 in detail, interpret the language, and identify areas where institutions will need clarity and may want to begin preparing. The panel brings together distinct perspectives: research administration, academic libraries, and scholarly publishing examining and answering questions about what these revisions could mean in practice.
Meet the Participants
Moderator

Hilary Craiglow
Library Consulting Lead
Attain Partners
Panelists

Gil Tran
Senior Specialist Leader and OMB Emeritus
Attain Partners

Jeremy Forsberg
Chair, COGR Costing and Financial Compliance Committee
Executive Director, Sponsored Projects, Arizona State University

Carl Maxwell
Senior Vice President, Public Policy
Association of American Publishers

Timothy McGeary
Dean of Libraries
University of Rochester

