OTI Letters and Filings 2025
Legislative and Regulatory Filings
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Jan. 6, 2025
Note: This page will be regularly updated as we file comments, sign on to coalition letters, and complete other legislative and/or regulatory filings.
March
- OTI and 80+ Organizations and Researchers Urge Congress to Protect Postsecondary Data
- OTI joined the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and more than 80 other organizations and researchers in urging Congress to demand transparency regarding recent efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to undermine critical information systems supporting American education—and, more generally, to protect the integrity, privacy, and security of sensitive postsecondary student data.
February
- OTI and ACLU Lead Coalition in Highlighting Concerns with the Kids Off Social Media Act
- OTI and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) led a group of 12 civil rights, digital rights, and civil liberties organizations in addressing a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, warning that the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA) would, if enacted, “actively undermine child safety, harm marginalized youth, erode privacy, and impose unconstitutional restrictions on young people’s ability to engage online.”
January
- OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning PCLOB Firings
- OTI and 26 other civil society organizations decried the White House’s partisan firing of three members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) in a letter sent to Congressional leadership, further urging Congress to “re-double its own oversight activities given the harm to PCLOB, as well as to restore the Board’s independence, shield it from interference, and strengthen PCLOB so it can again perform its vital work protecting Americans’ rights and guarding against improper surveillance.”