The Weekly Update Archive: Fed Friday Updates

November 6, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Justice: DOJ Announces Significant Charges Related to Ghost Student Fraud Education and Workforce Committee: Walberg Requests GAO Review of Graduate School Tuition Costs Political Activity Guidance Reminder As a reminder, as uncertainty continues around the federal landscape, Universities of Wisconsin employees should be mindful of political activity and public advocacy guidelines. […]

October 30, 2026

Federal Friday Department of War: The War Department has designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to our national security. Select Committee on China: Pentagon Designates Confucius Institutes A National Security Threat Department of Education: Secretary McMahon Delivers “The Next 250: Higher Education” Remarks at Vanderbilt University Department of Education: U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon […]

October 23, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Education: Frequently Asked Questions: Workforce Pell GAO: National Security: FBI Should Strengthen Partnerships to Combat Non-Traditional Intelligence Collectors Education and Workforce Committee: ICYMI: The GOP’s Tuition Deflation Act Department of War: Department of War Announces Research Security Mitigation Results From Academic Institutions Select Committee on the China: Moolenaar: Pentagon Research Security […]

October 16, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Education: (GEN-26-05) Changes to Campus Security Requirements Related to the Stop Campus Hazing Act Select Committee on the CCP: How to Stop China’s Theft of Taxpayer-Funded Research: The Reforms We Need and Rebuttals to Those Who Oppose Them Select Committee on the CCP: Moolenaar Calls for Pentagon to Update Its List […]

October 9, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Justice: The Department of Justice Files Complaint Against the University of Delaware Challenging Policies that Provide In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens Department of Justice: Justice Department Finds UCLA Law School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions Department of Education: Fiscal Year 2026 in Review: Investing in Career Readiness, Improving Outcomes for […]

October 5, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice Issue Guidance on ‘Swatting’ Threats Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education Approves Workforce Pell Grant Programs in North Carolina White House: President Trump Takes Historic Action to Eliminate Wasteful and Harmful Spending Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education Formally […]

September 25, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Justice: DOJ Revises Justice Manual to Strengthen False Claims Act Enforcement White House: Enhancing Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the Administration of the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Program White House: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Further Enhances Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the H-1B Visa Program Department of Justice: […]

September 18, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Education: Reminder: Reporting Deadline for Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Updated Sept. 11, 2026) | Knowledge Center Department of Justice: Justice Department Announces Settlement Ending Discrimination Against Jewish Students at Lincoln Memorial University Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education Approves Workforce Pell Grant Programs in Nebraska […]

September 11, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education Launches Learning Agenda Playbook to Support State Education Leaders and Improve Student Outcomes Department of Education: What They Are Saying: Pilot States Highlight Early Successes with the Learning Agenda Playbook Department of Education: Building Strong Readers: How the Trump Administration is Supercharging Evidence-Based Literacy to Combat Reading Crisis Department […]

September 4, 2026

Federal Friday Department of Justice: Ohio State University Agrees to $2.1M Settlement to Resolve Allegations that it Failed to Disclose Employees’ Ties to the People’s Republic of China in Applications for Federal Research Funding Department of Justice: Justice Department Clarifies Duty of States to Report Known Illegal Aliens Under Welfare-Reform Law Department of Treasury: Treasury, IRS Move to […]