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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1995
This report presents an evaluation of the general controls over the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) information system maintained and operated by a contractor for the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which administers FFELP. The evaluation found that ED's general controls over the FFELP information system did not adequately protect…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Databases, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
This document reports the oral and written testimony of witnesses who testified at oversight hearings on vocational education in the United States. The document also includes statements from other sources not present at the hearings. The testimony includes statements from U.S. Senators and Representatives, business leaders, and national and local…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Kelley, Joseph E. – 1993
This document reports testimony at a Congressional hearing held to elicit information on international exchange programs. The testimony describes the international exchange and training or cultural programs funded partially or fully by the U.S. Government, using the 1990 report of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). The information survey included…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Government Role, Hearings
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program is designed to help the more than 1 million workers per year who lose their jobs because of permanent layoffs or plant closures, due in part because of imports. Studies show, however, that the TAA program fails to meet the seven goals of a successful reemployment assistance program: (1) TAA benefits…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
PDF pending restorationDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1995
This compilation of information on the U.S. Department of Education's support programs, publications, and services to teachers, provides a description and location within the Department for each program, and serves as a reference for specific needs and questions. A review of the national education goals and the Goals 2000 program procedes the main…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The services provided to various demographic groups under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were reviewed to determine the extent to which disparities occur in the services provided to women and minorities, factors within the operation of local projects that contribute to such disparities, and efforts by states and the Department of Labor to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Federal Programs, Females
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1992
This document reports the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing to discuss proposed legislation that would reestablish a veterans' job training program. Witnesses included representatives of veterans' groups and officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Labor, and the National Association of…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
Kansas State Council on Vocational Education, Topeka. – 1993
A statewide assessment was made of the vocational education delivery systems assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990 and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), as well as the coordination between them, in Kansas. The study indicated that minimum set-asides for serving targeted populations were made under…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Coordination, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Frankfort, Frank, Ed. – 1998
This document lists projects funded under the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education's (FIPSE) Comprehensive Program from 1995 through 1998. Also included in this edition are abstracts of the three 1998 FIPSE focus competitions: Disseminating Proven Reforms, European Community/United States Joint Consortia,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1992
This document reports the text and analysis of the proposed Job Training and Basic Skills Act of 1992. The purpose of the act is to provide improved job training and education services to economically disadvantaged persons most in need of assistance. The act would maintain the federal-state-local partnership of the Job Training Partnership Act,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Employment Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1994
In October 1992, Congress passed legislation supporting American Indian tribal demonstration projects that would consolidate employment services, job training, and related services to improve the effectiveness of such services, reduce unemployment, and further tribal goals. In September 1993, a Senate hearing received testimony concerning the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, Employment Services, Federal Programs
National Commission on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1982
The Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program's current operations, legislative history, and growth are reviewed, along with research needs. GSLs are made by lenders to college students, and the federal government guarantees them and provides incentive payments to lenders and subsidy payments on behalf of students until loan repayment begins. Today,…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Programs, Government Role, Loan Repayment
Montana Legislative Council, Helena. – 1986
This report describes the study undertaken to implement a legislative resolution in Montana. Part 1 reports the subcommittee's decision to make an evaluation of the state's existing job training programs the primary object of its study. Public comment on the study's purpose, heard by the subcommittee at its first meeting, is summarized in this…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Frazier, Franklin – 1990
The Stafford Loan Program (formerly called the Guaranteed Student Loan Program) makes three kinds of student loans for postsecondary education: Stafford Loans, Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS), and Parents Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS). Stafford loans are low-interest loans based on financial need, while SLS and PLUS loans are not…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Higher Education, Income Contingent Loans, Loan Repayment
