AAU has joined in endorsing a letter sent by ACE in responding to a U.S. Department of Justice Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking the clarification and modernization of the implementing regulations for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
AAU joined 12 other higher education associations in submitting comments to the Federal Trade Commission regarding its notice of proposed rulemaking concerning “Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information.”
AAU and others sent a letter to Jessica Looman, Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, at the Department of Labor, requesting that the Department hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
AAU joined 187 organizations in encouraging Congress to invest in America’s students by doubling the maximum Pell Grant award
The Task Force on American Innovation sent a letter asking Congress to complete negotiations on fiscal year 2022 funding bills encouraging bicameral and bipartisan support to fund key investments in scientific and engineering research and development agencies.
AAU joined over 100 organizations sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh requesting that the Department of Labor hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
AAU sent a letter to Secretary Mayorkas thanking him for his leadership in reestablishing the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC).
AAU sent a letter to Congress urging passage of final FY22 appropriations and Build Back Better Act provisions important to our nation’s health, economic competitiveness, security, and crucial government-university research partnership.
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United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a founding member, sent a letter urging OMB Acting Director Shalanda Young to include an increase of at least $3 billion to the base budget of the National Institutes of Health for FY23.
AAU and 13 other organization sent a follow-up letter requesting a response from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on a previous letter, sent in March, 2021, that had urged the agency quickly to implement provisions of the “Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act” included in H.R. 8337, the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act.”