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Data Security: Recent K-12 Data Breaches Show That Students Are Vulnerable to Harm. Report to the Republican Leader, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-20-644
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Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
A cybersecurity incident is an event that actually or potentially jeopardizes a system or the information it holds. When a student's personal information is disclosed, it can lead to physical, emotional, and financial harm. Organizations are vulnerable to data security risks, including over 17,000 public school districts and approximately 98,000…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Security, Student Records, Elementary Secondary Education
Small Business Administration: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Engagement with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-20-41
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Ortiz, Anna Maria – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
The 101 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play an important role in higher education and in their local and regional economies. Among African Americans who obtained a doctorate in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics in 2005-2010, more than one-third earned their undergraduate degrees from an HBCU. The Government…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy
K-12 Education: Education Needs to Address Significant Quality Issues with Its Restraint and Seclusion Data. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-20-345
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Nowicki, Jacqueline – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
Every 2 years, Education requires nearly all school districts to report incidents of restraint and seclusion. Generally, restraint is restricting a student's ability to move, and seclusion is confining them alone in a space they cannot leave. The House Committee on Appropriations' explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations…
Descriptors: Discipline, Behavior Modification, Public Schools, School Districts
Counting All the Jobless: Problems with the Official Unemployment Rate. Thirty-Seventh Report by the Committee on Government Operations. 99th Congress, 2d session.
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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the official unemployment rate on the first Friday of each month based on a sample survey of 59,500 households called the Current Population Survey. Unemployment data for states and local areas are published monthly by the BLS in cooperation with the state employment security agencies. The primary…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Block Grants: Federal Data Collection Provisions.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This fact sheet compares statutory data collection and reporting provisions of the federal education block grant (chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981) with the nine other block grant programs funded in fiscal year 1986; data on statutory administrative cost limits are also provided. Each grant's legislation was…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Demonstration Programs