Your new bill focuses on improving data standards and reporting, as well as streamlining financial reporting.
University and Industry Leaders Urge Deficit Reduction Deal that Sustains Investments for the Future
AAU letter to President Obama and Congressional leaders urging them to enact significant deficit reduction measures that address our long-term fiscal crisis while maintaining the nation’s ability to invest in its future.
The following letter is regarding one policy that is receiving significant attention in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations as a means of reducing federal tax expenditures—the federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.
AAU and APLU resend to policymakers the letter on the fiscal cliff sent to them July 2012 by 150 university presidents and chancellors from across the country.
AAU letter to President Obama and Congressional Leaders. The Task Force on American Innovation, representing a broad and diverse cross section of companies, universities, and professional societies, is deeply concerned about the impact of the upcoming budget sequestration on federally funded basic scientific research, both defense and nondefense. We strongly urge you to reach an agreement on measures that not only enable you to prevent the sequestration from occurring but also achieve significant long-term deficit reduction.
Congress writes to express strong support for the NIH proof-of-concept pilot program authorized by the
SBIR-STTR reauthorization included in the defense authorization bill passed in December, 2011.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Technology Transfer | National Institutes of Health | Innovation and Competitiveness
University Leaders from 50 states urge the President and congressional leaders to avoid the year-end budget sequester and reach a balanced, long-term deficit-reduction agreement.
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) write to express their serious concern with Section 308 of H.R. 2146, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, and Sec. 501 of S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act.
We believe that the process used to craft the ANPG was flawed and failed to represent a good-faith effort to improve the partnership between universities and the Federal government.
Letters | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Costs of Research (F&A Costs) | Research Administration & Regulation
Those concerns have centered on the imposition of redundant and costly reporting requirements. The revised bill would eliminate explicitly duplicative reporting within three years.