[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1275.107]

[Page 522]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1275_RESEARCH MISCONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1275.107  Adjudication.

    (a) The NASA Adjudication Official must review and evaluate the 
investigation report and the evidentiary record required to be 
transmitted pursuant to Sec. 1275.102(d) and (e). The NASA Adjudication 
Official may initiate further investigations, which may include 
affording the Respondent another opportunity for comment, before issuing 
a decision regarding the case. The NASA Adjudication Official may also 
return the investigation report to the OIG with a request for further 
fact-finding or analysis.
    (b) Based on a preponderance of the evidence, the NASA Adjudication 
Official shall issue a decision setting forth the Agency's findings as 
to whether research misconduct has occurred and recommending appropriate 
administrative actions that may be undertaken by NASA in response to 
research misconduct determined to have occurred. The NASA Adjudication 
Official shall render a decision within 30 days after receiving the 
investigation report and evidentiary record, or after completion of any 
further proceedings. The NASA Adjudication Official may extend this 
period of time for good cause.
    (c) The decision shall be sent to the Respondent, to the 
Respondent's institution, and, if appropriate, to the Complainant. If 
the decision confirms the alleged research misconduct, it must include 
instructions on how to pursue an appeal to the NASA Appeals Official. 
The decision shall also be transmitted to the NASA Office of the Chief 
Scientist and the OIG.