I write to inform you of our significant concerns related to our nation's visa system and request additional funding be included in the FY2004 Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations bill for the State Department to facilitate the implementation of new visa policies.
On behalf of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), we write to commend you and the National Science Board (NSB) Task Force on National Workforce Policies for Science and Engineering (S&E) for the draft report that was released for public comment on May 22, 2003. The draft report lays the foundation for a constructive and critically important discussion about the role of the federal government in helping understand and then to develop and implement policies to meet our nation’s current and future S&E workforce needs.
Current policies are hampering the ability of the world's best and brightest international students, scholars, and researchers to study and work in our country and to contribute to our nation's science and technology enterprise, economy, and security.
The following letter is on behalf of AAU, ACE, NASULGC, ALA, ARL, AALL, MLA, and SLA in response to the Patent and Trademark Office’s December 13, 2002 Notice of Hearings and Request for Written Comments on Technological Protection Systems for Digitized Copyrighted Works (“Notice”), 67 Fed. Reg. 72920.
Associations submit letter to the Court pursuant to the Advisory Committee Note to Circuit Rule 29-1, to express their support for the amicus brief submitted in Case No. 02-55797 by the Internet Commerce Coalition and the U.S. Internet Service Provider Association (the “Internet Coalitions Brief”).
Rice responds on behalf of the President to Dr. Harold Brown, regarding export controls and fundamental research.
The Task Force concluded that the problem is rarely a particular conflict itself -- rather it is the question about what is done with the conflict.
Comments on NIH response to Congress' request for analysis of the public interest in securing an appropriate return on the nation's investment in basic research.
Letter to President Geo. W. Bush
ACE, AAU, NASULGC letter to HHS Secretary, with transmittal letters to the President and Congress, on NIH guidelines for embryonic stem cell research.