TY - JOUR T1 - COnflict disclosure AU - Mitka M Y1 - 2011/09/14 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2011.1251 JO - JAMA SP - 1073 EP - 1073 VL - 306 IS - 10 N2 - In a letter sent August 4 to Jacob J. Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Grassley said he was concerned following media reports that the OMB might be attempting to weaken conflict-of-interest rules proposed in May 2010 by the Department of Health and Human Services. A key issue for Grassley was the report that the OMB was considering removing the requirement for a publicly available Web site that would publish the potential conflicts of interest of researchers funded by taxpayers (http://tinyurl.com/3tobwcu). SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1251 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1251 ER -