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Report to the Institutional Official. 1. The IACUC did not update the reports to the Institutional Official at least once every six months as required per this Section of the Regulations. The IACUC did complete the semi-annual reviews of the research facility's program for humane care and use of animals and did complete the semi-annual inspections of the animal facilities on 10/15/13, 4/22/14, and 10/1/14. However, the IACUC has not prepared a report to the Institutional Official for any of the semi-annual reviews that were completed on those 3 dates. The most recent semi-annual report prepared by the IACUC that was submitted to the Institutional Official was dated 4/22/13 for the semi-annual evaluations completed by the IACUC in April 2013. Per this Section of the Regulations, the IACUC shall evaluate the program for humane care and use of animals and inspect the animal facilities semi-annually and then submit a report to the Institutional Official. The reports shall be updated at least once every six months upon completion of the required semi-annual evaluations and must contain any minority views. In addition, the reports shall be reviewed and signed by a majority of the IACUC members and shall be maintained by the research facility and made available to APHIS for inspection. The IACUC needs to prepare reports for the semi-annual evaluations of the program for humane care and use of animals and the semi-annual animal facility inspections that were conducted by the IACUC on 10/15/13, 4/22/14, and 10/1/14 and the reports need to be submitted to the Institutional Official. Correct by 4/10/15.