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This 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Request for Information (RFI), asking for comments on regulations that should be modified, expanded, streamlined, or repealed to increase flexibility and reduce burden.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 Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act aims to provide greater transparency to federal grant programs as a means of increasing accountability. The bill requires the creation of new government-wide public website on which information on all federal grants would be posted. Under current…
Research Administration & Regulation | Higher Education Regulation | Fact SheetsInvestments in higher education and research are proven drivers of economic growth. They are vital for the development of new technologies, processes, and a workforce that will advance our national security, our energy self-sufficiency, and our citizens’ health.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Department of Education | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Defense | National Endowment for the Humanities | LettersThe following letters includes comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding state authorization for institutions of higher education that offer distance education and state authorization for foreign locations of domestic institutions that was published in the Federal Register on…
Higher Education Regulation | Student Aid | LettersThe following letter includes comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding borrower defenses to repayment that was published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2016 (Docket ID ED-2015-OPE-0103). This comment letter addresses recommendations related to the NPRM’s provisions on…
Higher Education Regulation | Student Loans | Student Aid | LettersHowever, we strongly believe Congress can return after the election, as it has so often in the past, to complete the process.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | NASA | National Institutes of Health | Department of Education | Department of Energy | National Science Foundation | FY17 | LettersThe following letter is for the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee to request that the National Science Foundation (NSF) receive at least $8 billion in funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
National Science Foundation | Federal Budget | FY18 | Agency Budgets | LettersA statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of AAU, on the omnibus appropriations and tax bills Congress will consider this week.
Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | FY16 | Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Fiscal Policy | Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Press ReleasesThe Coalition for National Science Funding wrote to Congress urging members to appropriate $8.45 billion in FY 2019 for the National Science Foundation.
National Science Foundation | FY19 | LettersSeven higher education associations, including AAU, submitted comments to the National Science Foundation in response to the implementation of the new reporting requirements of sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, or sexual assault.
National Science Foundation | Letters