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AAU today thanked Senator Durbin for introducing the American Innovation Act, legislation that would help close the nation’s innovation deficit by bolstering funding for several federal research agencies.
Higher Education Legislation | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesOrganizations and institutions expressed concern about the impact of continued cuts, including sequestration, funding shortfalls in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, and the threat of additional cuts to offset the debt ceiling, on medical research supported by NIH, and the subsequent negative…
Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Fiscal Policy | Federal Budget | LettersAAU said today that Congress is making good progress on the FY17 appropriations process but the picture is by no means all positive,
Federal Budget | FY17 | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesThe 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.…
Intellectual Property | Copyright | LettersAAU urges using the FY17/FY18 budget process to revitalize the federal government’s scientific research and higher education investment strategy.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Fiscal Policy | LettersThe following statement responds briefly to three significant issues raised in the comments received by the PTO. This statement is intended to give the PTO a more complete and accurate record to consult in drafting its report to Congress and is submitted on behalf of the AAU, ACE, NASULGC, ALA, ARL…
Intellectual Property | Copyright | StatementsNDD letter urging the replacement of sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | StatementsAAU praised the report issued by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, chaired by Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesMore than 130 university presidents and chancellors sent a letter to the members of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to reach “a big agreement – not incremental steps” while working to close the nation’s budget deficit.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesPresidents and chancellors of 153 leading universities urged President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders to prevent deep across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in January as a result of budget sequestration.
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