OMB Meeting Book (June 22, 2017)

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MEMORANDUM 

June 22‐23, 2017 

Date: 

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board 

To: 

Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – AOAC Official Methods 

From: 

Subject: 

Board Item VIb – Volunteer Confidentiality and Nondisclosure

It was brought to my attention that volunteers do not sign off on maintaining confidentiality with  review of methods and protocols.  The Performance Tested Methods (PTM) program has an  agreement that reviewers and staff can sign; however, there is no such thing witn OMA.    Since then, I realize just how much intellectual information is shared.  I would like to discuss how we  go about encouraging more nondisclosure without impacting transparency and the expert  intellectual discussions groups need to make decisions.