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Disregard my request to talk, pls. I believe the better approach is for you to write Gretchen and ask her to review the package she has (NAM) and the others (AAAS (re-review), CDC and Dan David) once her office receives them. We discussed that approach last evening. From me, Gretchen knows Tony wants final decisions and is pressing you to go to HHS to get them. Pls contact her first. Up until now, OGC has not been the reason for the delay. (I said last night that NAM's delay lies mostly with me.) Perhaps Gretchen only needs a reason to ask for a revised prioritization of her work. To clarify: NAM is pending with Gretchen. Once Randy gets it, he may agree with us and then there is no need for it to go to OGE. Marilyn gave us comments on AAAS on Jan 7. We asked AAAS for more information on Jan 12, and pinged them on Jan 27. CDC will go to OGC on Monday and it will be approved. (I misspoke before. We needed something from NIAID prior to forwarding the package to OGC, and we got that today.) Dan David was reviewed in 2011 (Gretchen sent me the attached email), so if we can confirm a few things with Dan David - it's very likely we can, that should be approved too. Re: GA Tech and Vanderbilt, we're in agreement that those are closed? Tony was told that he could not receive the money from GA Tech. He has not been told our conclusion re: Vanderbilt. (I attempted that in my draft status email this morning.) I briefly discussed both awards with Gretchen and she also agrees, but has not seen the paperwork. Her agreement was based on their grantee status. If you still want to go to HHS, pls see below.
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Embedded: RE:_Dan_David_Prize Disregard my request to talk, pls. I believe the better approach is for you to write Gretchen and ask her to review the package she has (NAM) and the others (AAAS (re-review), CDC and Dan David) once her office receives them. We discussed that approach last evening. From me, Gretchen knows Tony wants final decisions and is pressing you to go to HHS to get them. Pls contact her first. Up until now, OGC has not been the reason for the delay. (I said last night that NAM's delay lies mostly with me.) Perhaps Gretchen only needs a reason to ask for a revised prioritization of her work. To clarify: NAM is pending with Gretchen. Once Randy gets it, he may agree with us and then there is no need for it to go to OGE. Marilyn gave us comments on AAAS on Jan 7. We asked AAAS for more information on Jan 12, and pinged them on Jan 27. CDC will go to OGC on Monday and it will be approved. (I misspoke before. We needed something from NIAID prior to forwarding the package to OGC, and we got that today.) Dan David was reviewed in 2011 (Gretchen sent me the attached email), so if we can confirm a few things with Dan David - it's very likely we can, that should be approved too. Re: GA Tech and Vanderbilt, we're in agreement that those are closed? Tony was told that he could not receive the money from GA Tech. He has not been told our conclusion re: Vanderbilt. (I attempted that in my draft status email this morning.) I briefly discussed both awards with Gretchen and she also agrees, but has not seen the paperwork. Her agreement was based on their grantee status. If you still want to go to HHS, pls see below.
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Ok -- 1 will stand down and write to Gretchen as you suggest. Will run by draft. I will also modify note that I will send to Tony and run by you before I hit send. larry
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Thanks Larry. I truly believe Gretchen is stuck -- she was given very specific orders that she feels she cannot deviate from. And Id be happy to "take the bullet for you" and write Tony. The matters have been in my office, not yours.
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2021-01-29 17:50
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It would help if you drafted the note to Tony for me. but I will send it, from me. Thanks larry
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Sure, will do.