After over a year in limbo, the U.S. Department of Education is taking steps to formally rescind its "Dear Colleague Letter" that attempted to apply its third-party servicer regulations to higher education institutions and their content, software, systems, and services providers.
The Biden administration released the Spring 2024 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on July 5. The Regulatory Agenda provides insights on the regulatory activities under development across federal departments and agencies and includes updates on several regulations that EDUCAUSE has been monitoring.
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued the anticipated final rule to reclassify broadband internet access as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, thus reestablishing the FCC's 2015 net neutrality regulations. The rule goes into effect on July 22, 2024.