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Download full textMarisol Cruz Cain; Kaelin Kuhn, Contributor; Nicole Jarvis, Contributor; David Matcham, Contributor; Jillian Clouse, Contributor; Rebecca Eyler, Contributor; Ashley Mattson, Contributor; Brandon Mitchell, Contributor; Walter Vance, Contributor – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
For decades, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms were processed electronically by the legacy Central Processing System. In 2021 the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) initiated a system development effort and in December 2023 deployed a new system to process forms for the 2024-2025 school year. However, student aid…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
Melissa Emrey-Arras – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the entry ramp to federal grants and loans that many students depend on to afford college. Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020 in part to make it easier to apply for federal aid. However, Education's rollout of the new FAFSA has suffered from numerous challenges and delays.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
Dodaro, Gene L. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
This testimony discusses US Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) recent report entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue." This report delineates dozens of areas across government where fragmentation, overlap, and potential duplication merit the attention of Congress…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education, Teacher Employment
Ashby, Cornelia M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
This paper is a transcript of a letter written by the author, Cornelia M. Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, to June St. Clair Atkinson, State Superintendent of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In this letter, the author reports that she and her colleagues have examined the efforts of selected…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Accountability
Ashby, Cornelia M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
This paper is a transcript of a letter written by the author, Cornelia M. Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, to June St. Clair Atkinson, State Superintendent of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In this letter, the author reports that she and her colleagues have examined the efforts of selected…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Expenditures
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
This testimony discusses the findings from our recent work on fragmentation, overlap, and potential duplication in federally funded programs that support teacher quality. We recently issued a report addressing fragmentation, overlap, and potential duplication in federal programs that outlined opportunities to reduce potential duplication across a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Resource Allocation
Ashby, Cornelia M.; Jones, Yvonne D. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
This report responds to two mandates for GAO under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). First, it is the latest report on the uses of and accountability for Recovery Act funds in selected states and localities. Second, it comments on recipients' reports of the jobs created and retained. The Recovery Act provided $2.1…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Low Income
Bascetta, Cynthia A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
The greater New Orleans area has yet to fully recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005. One issue of concern in the recovery is the availability of mental health services for children. It is estimated that in 2008 about 187,000 children were living in the greater New Orleans area. Many children in the…
Descriptors: Health Services, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health Programs, Grants
Shaul, Marnie S. – US Government Accountability Office, 2005
In fiscal year 2004, the Congress appropriated $6.8 billion to serve 919,000 poor children through 1,680 Head Start grantees nationwide. Recent reports of financial improprieties at a number of Head Start programs around the country raised questions about the effectiveness of the oversight provided by the Department of Health and Human Services?…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Money Management, Risk, Preschool Education
