For Reviewers - Agree to Confidentiality Statement

In IAR, reviewers follow two steps before being granted access to a meeting.

Step A: Reviewers are required to indicate whether they are federally registered lobbyists. This is because Office of Management and Budget policy bans appointment of federally registered lobbyists to federal advisory committees and other boards and commissions.

Step B:Reviewers certify they agree with the confidentiality agreement.

Basic Tasks:

• How to electronically agree with the confidentiality statement

Resources:

• IAR for Reviewers Online Help
  • IAR User Guides (if you want to print the entire user guide)
• Reviewer Confidentiality Agreement in IAR (video, 2:56 minutes) Updated July 7, 2016
  Signing the Confidentiality Agreement in IAR and Indicating Lobbyist Status if Applicable

Policy Links:

• Confidentiality in NIH Peer Review
• OFACP Policy (October 2014)​