While federal regulations and reporting requirements are mostly well intentioned, research universities are among the most regulated entities in the country and often must comply with regulations that are not sensible or scaled to risk. The AAU works with the federal government to harmonize, streamline, and when possible eliminate unnecessary regulations and reporting requirements to maximize federal investments in research while still ensuring public accountability. AAU also helps its member universities to review their existing institutional policies and procedures to ensure that they are not adding unnecessary and costly requirements on themselves.
In the US, ketamine is currently a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, and strict regulations and safeguards are already in place to prevent its illegal use.
Letters | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Higher Education Regulation | Research Administration & Regulation
On behalf of the Association of American Universities (AAU), I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide comments to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act.
Letters | Reducing Regulatory Burden | National Science Foundation | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy
Comments are on NPRM regarding teacher preparation published in the Federal Register on December 3, 2014.
Policies and regulations related to human subjects protection are among the most frequently cited causes of the increased burden and cost associated with research.
Human Subjects Protection | Letters | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Research Administration & Regulation
The following testimony is for the record submitted to the United States Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on Higher Education and the Tax Code.
Reducing Regulatory Burden | Student Aid Tax Issues | Affordability and Student Aid | Testimony | Taxation & Finance
AAU President's statement on congressional approval of the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act.
Letter by associations expressing gratitude for bipartisan approval of S. 994, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Comments OMB proposed guidance, "Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Cost Principles and Administrative Requirements (Including Single Audit Act)."
Letters | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Costs of Research (F&A Costs) | Research Administration & Regulation
We appreciate the approach that S. 994 takes for improving the transparency of the financial information that federal grant and contract recipients report to the federal government.
Comments regarding RFI offering principal investigators with Federal research funding the opportunity to identify regulations contributing most to their administrative workload, and offering recommendations for reducing them.