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.
A recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) emphasizes the need for immediate, system-wide change to reduce regulatory burdens on research.
Reducing Regulatory Burden | Leading Research Universities Report | Higher Education Regulation | Research Administration & Regulation
AAU and APLU sent a joint letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to their RFI on Deregulation, where they "recommend several areas to simplify federal regulations to increase efficiency of the U.S. scientific enterprise and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on university researchers."
AAU 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 per week (equivalent to $35,308 per year).
AAU urges Congress and the Administration to harmonize, streamline, and eliminate unnecessary, duplicative regulations and reporting requirements.
AAU sent Trump's transition team a comprehensive set of policy recommendations aimed at helping the nation sustain its preeminence in research, innovation, and higher education.
Reducing Regulatory Burden | Recommendation | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | Federal Budget | Research Administration & Regulation
AAU and COGR today issued a statement of support for draft legislation issued by Representative Lipinski to reduce the burden of federal regulation on research.
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 | Department of Energy | Innovation and Competitiveness
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 | Testimony | Affordability and Student Aid | Taxation & Finance
AAU President's statement on congressional approval of the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act.