Advocating & Influencing
A key RRCoP goal is to connect the expertise of the regulated research community with organizations that can highlight for policymakers the impact of federal regulations on the higher education research enterprise. Please see below for examples of relevant organizations whose advocacy RRCoP has helped to inform.
EDUCAUSE / AACRAO / AAU / AGB / APLU / NAICU Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements | July 1, 2024
EDUCAUSE / ACE / AAU / APLU / COGR / Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program | February 28, 2024
EDUCAUSE NIST SP 800-171, Revision 3 | February 19, 2024
EDUCAUSE FAR Cyber Incident Reporting | February 19, 2024
EDUCAUSE Draft OSTP Research Cybersecurity Provisions | July 19, 2023
EDUCAUSE - NIST Research Cybersecurity Resource Development - June 30, 2023
EDUCAUSE - Cybersecurity for R&D Request for Comment - May 27, 2023
EDUCAUSE - Draft Cybersecurity Provisions for Research Security Programs | June 14, 2023
COGR - NSPM 33 Research Security Programs Standard Requirement (88 FR 14187) May 23, 2023
CASC - Cybersecurity Position Paper | July 11, 2022
FDP - NSF & NSPM-33 (video) | May 5, 2022
COGR - Letter to OSTP Concerning January 2022 Guidance for Implementing NSPM-33 February 15, 2022
FDP - January 2022 Release of NSPM-33 Guidance (video) | January 13, 2022
COGR - Joint Association Comments on NIST NPRM Proposed Changes to Part 401 and 404 | April 5, 2021
COGR - Joint Association Letter to DoD Regarding CMMC (DFARS Case 2019-D041) | November 20, 2020
COGR - COGR Joins Multi-Association Letter Expressing Concern about DOD and the CMMC Accreditation Body | September 1, 2020
COGR - Joint Association Letter to NIST on Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information SP800-171B | August 2, 2019