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AAU urges Congress and the Administration to harmonize, streamline, and eliminate unnecessary, duplicative regulations and reporting requirements.
Research Administration & Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | RecommendationThis letter is in response to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) January 26, 2016 Request for Information (RFI), asking for comments on regulations that should be modified, expanded, streamlined, or repealed to increase flexibility and reduce burden.
Higher Education Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | LettersThe Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI) sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the passage of a bipartisan, bicameral budget agreement that will raise the FY20 and FY21 defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps.
Federal Budget | FY20 | FY21 | LettersA group of 13 coalitions, nine of which AAU is a member, today sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to work toward a bipartisan agreement to raise the Budget Control Act’s budget caps for FY20 and 21. The letter asserts that “a bipartisan agreement is needed to permit robust federal…
Federal Budget | FY20 | FY21 | Agency Budgets | LettersAAU joined CUPA-HR-led comments in response to the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule, which formally rescinds the Department’s 2016 rule. The rule, published in March 2019, would increase the annual salary threshold that determines which employees qualify for overtime pay from $455 to $679…
Reducing Regulatory Burden | CommentsAAU joined more than 200 organizations in sending a letter urging state governors across the United States to maintain and expand licensure and telehealth flexibilities for the duration of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency.
Reducing Regulatory Burden | LettersAAU joined CNSF and 165 organizations, sent a letter to congressional science appropriators to request they set Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations funding equal to or greater than FY20 levels.
Federal Budget | FY21 | National Science Foundation | LettersAAU and 41 organizations joined the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Coalition in a March 20 letter to congressional agriculture appropriators to request they provide at least $480 million for the AFRI program in FY21.
Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Federal Budget | FY21 | LettersAn overview of the President's proposed budget for FY21, including summaries and analyses for individual agencies.
FY21 | Federal Budget | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Department of Defense | Department of Education | Department of Energy | National Institutes of Health | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Science Foundation | NASA | Student Aid | Humanities | AnalysisThe Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee members to outline their funding priorities for the FY21 NDAA.
FY21 | Department of Defense | Federal Budget | Letters