AAU, ACE, and 24 other higher education organizations submitted comments to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about the Education Department’s notice of proposed rulemaking on “free inquiry,” regulatory changes that would implement Executive Order 13864.
AAU and ACE submitted on the Education Department’s notice of proposed rulemaking on “free inquiry” regarding language that would “create a nexus between private colleges’ and universities’ compliance with their institutional policies on free inquiry and expression and the False Claims Act."
In an effort led by COGR, AAU, APLU, and AAMC submitted comments in response to NIST’s request for information about assessments of and potential improvements to the Interagency Edison (“iEdison”) system.
AAU joined ACE, CUPA-HR, and three other higher education organizations to submit comments to the National Labor Relations Board about its proposed rule to establish that students at private colleges and universities who perform any services for compensation.
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to the NIH Office of Science Policy regarding their Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and Supplemental Draft Guidance.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.
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).