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UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)

Effective January 8, 2025, all U.S. citizens as well as citizens from certain other countries traveling visa-free to the United Kingdom (UK, which includes Northern Ireland) for tourism, family visits, business meetings, conferences, or short-term study for six months or less will require a UK

OFLC Implements 5-Year Record Retention Protocol

February 19, 2025

On February 14, 2025 the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) posted in the OFLC Announcements page a notice informing stakeholders that on March 20, 2025 it will begin deleting records older than five years from the record's final determination date as recorded in

EEOC Position on National Origin Discrimination Against American Workers

February 19, 2025

Executive summary: In a February 19, 2025 press release U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas asserted the agency’s commitment to protecting American workers from national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Lucas warned

Regulatory Perspectives: Regulatory Practice and the New Presidential Administration

NAFSA staff members David Fosnocht and Steve Springer discussed student and scholar advising and the new presidential administration with attendees. They discussed vehicles an administration can use to effect change, review interests of the prior Trump administration that may be revived, and

Executive Order: Implementing The President’s DOGE Workforce Optimization Initiative

February 17, 2025

Executive Order of February 11, 2025: Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative. On February 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Workforce

Executive Order: One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations

February 15, 2025

Executive Order 14211 of February 12, 2025: One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations. Read: Executive Order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register cite: 90 FR 9831 (February 18, 2025) Fact Sheet on the executive order This executive order declares that an "exceptional workforce of patriots" is needed

NIH Caps Indirect Costs in NIH Grants

March 11, 2025

15% Cap on Indirect Costs in NIH Grants. In Notice Number NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (February 7, 2025), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) imposed a 15% cap on the "indirect cost" rate for all NIH grants. This policy

Executive Order: Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

March 14, 2025

Executive Order 14160 of January 20, 2025, Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship. Read: Executive Order 14160 on whitehouse.gov Executive Order 14160 as published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 8449 (January 29, 2025) Status: Subject to nationwide preliminary injunctions

Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid

February 18, 2025

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14169, Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. Read: EO 14169 on whitehouse.gov EO 14169 published in the Federal Register at: 90 FR 8619 (January 30, 2025) DOS Press Statement: Implementing the President’s Executive Order on

Executive Actions Under the Trump-Vance Administration Touching on DEI and Gender

March 14, 2025

This NAFSA page collects links and information on executive and agency actions under the Trump-Vance Administration touching on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender. These directives represent a significant shift in federal policies related to DEI and gender issues, and roll back