Comments

AAU joined APLU to submit comments to the NIH Office of Science Policy regarding their Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and Supplemental Draft Guidance.

AAU and eight other higher education associations submitted comments to USCIS regarding the proposed rule on increased visa fees.

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AAU joined ACE, APLU, and eleven other higher education organizations to submit comments to OIRA and the Education Department about the Department’s revised proposed Information Collection Request on foreign gifts and contracts disclosure under HEA Section 117.

AAU submitted comments in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) request for information on strengthening the U.S. bioeconomy

AAU, along with AAMC, APLU, AUTM, and COGR, Wednesday submitted for the record comments on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s gathering of public information about the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018.

AAU joined CUPA-HR-led comments in response to the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule, which formally rescinds the Department’s 2016 rule. The rule, published in March 2019, would increase the annual salary threshold that determines which employees qualify for overtime pay from $455 to $679 per week (equivalent to $35,308 per year).

AAU, APLU, and COGR submitted comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office expressing support for their 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, which revises the procedures officials use to determine patentability under Section 101 of the patent law.

AAU joined COGR, APLU, and AAMC in submitting joint comments on the Commerce Department's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Emerging Technologies.

AAU and other higher education associations submitted comments in response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Federal Technology Transfer Authorities and Processes.