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d. Copyright. The Recipient may copyright any wort: produced under a DOC Award subject to the Department's royalty -free, non - exclusive, and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish or otherwise use the work or authorize others to do so for Federal Government purposes. Works jointly authored by the Department and Recipient employees may be copyrighted, but only the part authored by the Recipient is protected under 17 U.S.C. § 105, which provides that works produced by Federal Government employees are not copyrightable in the United States. If the contributions of the authors cannot be separated, the copyright status of the joint work is questionable. On occasion, the Department may ask the Recipient to transfer to the Department its copyright in a particular work when the Department is undertaking the primary dissemination of the work. Ownership of copyright by the Federal Government through assignment is permitted under 17 U.S.C. § 105. 5. Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States. Pursuant to Executive Order 13043, Recipients should encourage employees and contractors to enforce on-the-job seat belt policies and programs when operating company - owned, rented, or personally -owned vehicles. 6. Research Involving Human Subjects. a. All proposed research involving human subjects must be conducted in accordance with 15 C.F.R. part 27, "Protection of Human Subjects." No research involving human subjects is permitted under this Award unless expressly authorized by special award condition or otherwise authorized in writing by the Grants Officer. b. Federal policy defines a human subject as a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains (i) data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or (ii) identifiable private information. Research means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. c. The Department's regulations at 15 C.F.R. part 27 require that Recipients maintain appropriate policies and procedures for the protection of human subjects. In the event it becomes evident that human subjects may be involved in carrying out the purpose(s) of this Award, the Recipient shall submit appropriate documentation to the Project Officer for approval. This documentation may include: (i) Documentation establishing approval of the Project by an institutional review board ( "IRB ") approved for government -wide use under Department of Health and Human Services guidelines (.see 15 C.F.R. § 27.103); (ii) Documentation to support an exemption for the Project under 15 C.F.R. § 27.101(b); (iii) Documentation to support deferral for an exemption or IRB review under 15 C.F.R. § 27.118: or (iv) Documentation of' IRB approval of an) modification to a prior approved protocol or to an informed consent form. d. No work involving human subjects may be undertaken. conducted. or costs incurred or charged for human subjects research until the appropriate documentation is approved in 34