{"id":7612,"date":"2026-09-18T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:10:59","slug":"september-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/2026\/09\/18\/september-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"September 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Federal Friday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<ul>\n<li>Department of Education: <a id=\"OWA30c477c5-ab65-a8d2-1bde-b7362d6b9b86\" class=\"x_x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/fsapartners.ed.gov\/knowledge-center\/library\/electronic-announcements\/2026-07-06\/reminder-reporting-deadline-section-117-higher-education-act-1965-updated-sept-11-2026. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/fsapartners.ed.gov\/knowledge-center\/library\/electronic-announcements\/2026-07-06\/reminder-reporting-deadline-section-117-higher-education-act-1965-updated-sept-11-2026\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Reminder: Reporting Deadline for Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Updated Sept. 11, 2026) | Knowledge Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department of Justice: <a id=\"OWA341aa189-c024-2979-664b-898ea72ee99a\" class=\"x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-settlement-ending-discrimination-against-jewish-students. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-settlement-ending-discrimination-against-jewish-students\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Justice Department Announces Settlement Ending Discrimination Against Jewish Students at Lincoln Memorial University<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department of Education: <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-approves-workforce-pell-grant-programs-nebraska. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-approves-workforce-pell-grant-programs-nebraska\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">U.S. Department of Education Approves Workforce Pell Grant Programs in Nebraska<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Department of Education: <a id=\"OWA940ff3f1-429f-33a4-422a-673f3d4816d7\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-and-us-department-of-state-open-foreign-funding-investigations-duke-university-and-university-of-north-dakota. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-and-us-department-of-state-open-foreign-funding-investigations-duke-university-and-university-of-north-dakota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of State Open Foreign Funding Investigations into Duke University and the University of North Dakota<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Political Activity Guidance Reminder<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, as uncertainty continues around the federal landscape, Universities of Wisconsin employees should be mindful of political activity and public advocacy guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Activities such as sharing a petition or contacting a legislator for political purposes using your university email address or state resources to engage in political campaign activities at any time or engaging in political activities during work time are prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>In your capacity as private citizens, on non-work time, and without use of university resources (including the use of university email addresses) employees may circulate or sign a petition or letter of support advocating for public policy or a political candidate. However, if using your name and official title, it should be made clear that an individual\u2019s endorsement indicates neither support nor endorsement by the university of a particular policy position or candidate, and that you are acting solely in your role as a private citizen.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can read the\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/guidance-on-political-campaign-activities-at-university-of-wisconsin-system-institutions\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/guidance-on-political-campaign-activities-at-university-of-wisconsin-system-institutions\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">Guidance on Political Activities Frequently Asked Questions<\/a>\u00a0document. Importantly, these FAQs should be treated as general guidelines and not legal advice.<\/p>\n<p>Please direct specific questions regarding political campaign issues to the Office of General Counsel or your university\u2019s Office of Legal Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fed-friday-updates","category-federal-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7615,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612\/revisions\/7615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}