EDUCAUSE Policy
The EDUCAUSE policy staff watches for federal policy developments that have major implications for the role of IT in higher education, often in cooperation with other associations and organizations.
Key Issues
Information Security and Data Privacy
- FSA Federal Tax Information Announcement: Is NIST 800-171 Compliance on the Horizon?
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Safeguards Rule (and Federal Student Aid (FSA) Compliance)
- FTC Publishes Final Breach Reporting Requirements Under the Safeguards Rule
- No 800-171 in the New SAIG Agreement
- New and Potential SAIG Agreement Revisions Include Safeguards Rule, Federal Tax Information
- FY23 Federal Single Audit Includes a New Safeguards Rule Audit Objective
- FSA Issues Guidance on Safeguards Rule Compliance
- Policy Analysis: Revised, Highly Prescriptive FTC Safeguards Rule
- Research Cybersecurity
- Research Cybersecurity Focus in Q1 2024 (Coming soon)
- EDUCAUSE Comments: FAR Cyber Incident Reporting
- NSF Requests Input on the Development of an RSI-ISAO
- NIST Explores Developing Research Cybersecurity Resources for Higher Ed
- EDUCAUSE Responds to Draft OSTP Research Cybersecurity Provisions
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
Networking/Telecommunications
- EDUCAUSE Submits Comments on Proposed Net Neutrality Rule
- Expanding Access to High-Speed Internet
- The Supreme Court Rules on the Scope of Section 230 Protections
- Beyond Social Media: The Full Context of Section 230
IT Accessibility
- DOJ's Proposed Web and Mobile App Accessibility Regulations: An Overview
- DOJ and ED Issue Joint "Dear Colleague Letter" Regarding Online Accessibility
- DOJ Web Accessibility Regulations Are Imminent
Third-Party Servicer Guidance, U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- ED Removes Effective Date for Previously Released Third-Party Servicer Guidance
- U.S. Department of Education Suspends TPS Guidance Effective Date, Ban on Foreign Owned / Located TPSs
- EDUCAUSE and ARL Members Highlight TPS Problems
- EDUCAUSE and Third-Party Servicer Guidance
General Analysis
- Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda Highlights (for 2024 Regulatory Actions)
- Federal Policy Perspectives on the EDUCAUSE 2023 Top 10 IT Issues