United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the non-defense discretionary spending dictated by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman and APLU President Peter McPherson urged congressional leaders to negotiate a new bipartisan budget agreement that raises discretionary spending caps for fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the discretionary budget caps.
Thirty-one Nobel Laureates and Science Community Leaders including AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to the President of the United States and Members of Congress to call attention to the harm done to American Science during the partial shutdown of the federal government.
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In the wake of an unprecedented 35-day partial government shutdown, AAU President Mary Sue Coleman wrote to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to pass the unfinished FY19 appropriations bills before the current continuing resolution expires February 15.
In an effort led by the American Council on Education (ACE), more than 60 higher education associations, including AAU, submitted comments in response to the Department of Education's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Title IX.
The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to President Trump and Congressional leaders urging them to end the government shutdown and enact an FY19 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill with at least $8.175 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation.
AAU submitted comments to the Department of Education on their NPRM on Title IX. In the letter, AAU identified key concerns and requested the department be less prescriptive in their regulations.
Higher education associations sent a letter asking the Department of Education to clarify foreign gift reporting requirements.
The comments express the associations’ strong support for the Green Paper’s overarching aims and for many of the Green Paper’s recommendations, several of which reflect a positive response to the associations’ July 2018 comments on NIST’s Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Technology Transfer Authorities and Processes.