Congressional letter urging change in federal stem cell research policy.
AAU letter supporting NAS development of voluntary guidelines for stem cell research.
On behalf of the undersigned organizations and the approximately 2,000 colleges and universities around the country they represent, we submit these comments on the interim rule to restrict waivers of personal appearance for non-immigrant visa applicants (published July 7, 2003, in the "Federal Register"), effective August 1, 2003.
The American higher education community is keenly interested in and aware of visa issues, especially as they relate to delays in the visa system.
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.