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### Publications

- [Basics of the Unrelated Business Income Tax](/pages/basics-unrelated-business-income-tax "Basics of the Unrelated Business Income Tax")
- [Personnel Records Law: A Guide for Harvard Administrators](/pages/personnel-records-law-guide-harvard-administrators "Personnel Records Law: A Guide for Harvard Administrators") (Login required)
- [Regulations Massachusetts Notaries Public](/pages/regulations-massachusetts-notaries-public "Regulations Massachusetts Notaries Public")
- [Model Language to be Inserted in a Short-Form License/Rental Agreement](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/model_language_for_agreements_.doc?d=w23f491a774b541d3a0fa2970f468e445&csf=1&web=1&e=VVzegW) (Login required)
- [Suggested Reservation Form for Short Term Use of Space by Non-Affiliates](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/suggested_reservation_form_for_short_term_use_of_space_by_non.doc?d=w1c5a09614882485190d68fa891b977b8&csf=1&web=1&e=sRiLmY) (Login required)

### Advisories/Alerts

- [Options for Responding to Unwelcome Communications - Revised June 2024](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/Options%20for%20Responding%20to%20Unwelcome%20Communications%20-%2006%20June%202024.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=mMXC0y) (Login required)
- [Guidance for Protecting Against Online Abuse and Harassment](https://hu.sharepoint.com/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/Resource%20Document%2010.20.23%20pdf%20(002).pdf&parent=/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos) (Login required)
- [Copyright Claims Board](/file_url/259)
- [Fraud Alert: Fraudulent Activity by Persons Posing as Harvard Procurement Staff](/file_url/228)
- [Duty to Act to Prevent Student Suicide](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/nguyen_client_advisory-final.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=j3flon) (Login required)
- [The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/advisoryontheviolenceagainstwomenact.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=SLJu2w) (Login required)
- [ADA Amendments Act of 2008](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ogc_-_overview_of_the_ada_amendments_act_of_2008%20(2).pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=ocfX7Y) (Login required)
- [Cooperation with Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/IQCq_9jbpta4Sqv6dOxbq-t-AQVQcQBcb4i0koryjr_8n6I?e=CLKP0N) (Login required)
- [FERPA Fact Sheet](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ogc_-_ferpa_fact_sheet_january_2009_end.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=kcgjxJ) (Login required)
- [New FERPA Regulations](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ogc_-_new_ferpa_regulations_2012.2008.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=Naz24E) (Login required)
- [FERPA Regulations Permit the Use of Electronic Signatures](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ferparegulationspermituseelectronicsig.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=IwNqwH) (Login required)
- [Fraud Alert: Watch out for unaffiliated for-profit companies that promote false associations with Harvard](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/fraud_alert_6.28.17.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=e8qUju) (Login required)
- [Importation of Fish, Wildlife and Plants by Harvard University](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ogc_website_memo_on_importation_by_harvard.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=i6TfzH) (Login required)
- [Student Organizations at Harvard: Incorporation and Tax Status](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/Student%20Organizations%20at%20Harvard%20%20%20Incorporation%20and%20Tax%20Status.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=tcMlsM) (Login required)
- [Injured Underage Drunk Driver Can Sue Bars that Served Him](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/injured_underage_drunk_driver_can_sue_bars_that_served_him.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=gR3gBo) (Login required)
- [Important Non-Pension Provisions Affecting Charities in the Pension Protection Act of 2006](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/pension_protection_act_of_2006_-_provisions_on_charitable_giving_and_exempt_organization_reform.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=g9ugZb) (Login required)
- [Private Use and Tax Exempt Financing](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/priv_use_tax_exempt_financing.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=adDfJ7) (Login required)
- [Rules to Keep in Mind When Conducting University Business Overseas](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/fcpa_update_2013.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=66jRIT) (Login required)
- [The Shelby Amendment: Research Data and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/shelby_amendment_final.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=lmTXRW) (Login required)
- [UPMIFA - Relief for Underwater Funds](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ogcupmifal.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=EGMnOt) (Login required)
- [Summer Camp Advisory - revised June 2018](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/summer_camp_advisory_revision_june_2018.docx?d=w3a9ec13e9e9849e9bd0a6b4d3b351e68&csf=1&web=1&e=sojWa2) (Login required)
- [Political Activities: Guidelines for Faculty and Staff at Harvard University - revised Nov. 2025](https://ogc.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum12481/files/2026-01/2026.01.29%20-%20FINAL%20-%20POLITICAL%20GUIDELINES.pdf)
- [Anti-trust Guidance for COVID-19 Related Communications](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/anti-trust_guidance_for_covid-19_related_communications_04_07_20.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=25YHa7) (Login required)
- [Anti-trust Guidance on Faculty and Staff Use of Multi-University Email Listservs](https://hu.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/OGC-OpenScholarModelDocuments/Shared%20Documents/OpenScholar%20Publications%20and%20Memos/ogc-1164041-v2-antitrust_guidance_listserv.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=dS5nlD) (Login required)

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