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C-FAR Member Confidentiality Statement
Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR) members
have the unique opportunity to engage in the direction-setting
process for publicly funded food and agricultural research
in Illinois. In
partnership with the State of Illinois, Illinois universities,
and other public research entities, C-FAR members play a key role in identifying
our state’s most pressing research needs.
C-FAR members are granted the opportunity to participate in the
review and prioritization
of research proposals for funding. Along with this opportunity come certain
responsibilities. Because research proposals may contain confidential
information, C-FAR members are responsible for treating such information as
confidential.
C-FAR and our university and related research partners have been
entrusted with investing State of Illinois general revenue funds
in the public interest
and
must abide by all federal and state laws and regulations. C-FAR’s university
partners, in particular, are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. While
this act requires that public agency information be available to the public,
it recognizes that research proposals may contain confidential information
and, in certain instances, are exempt from treatment as mandatory public
information.
C-FAR seeks to fully comply with all state and federal laws and
regulations, including maintaining the confidentiality of research
proposal information. C-FAR
members and others who are provided research proposals and similar documents
shall not make public any part or parts of such documents without authorized
approval.
By acting in such good faith and in harmony with state and federal
laws and regulations, the C-FAR membership will be able to continue
to effectively
guide and direct
the C-FAR appropriation.
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