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Download full textMelissa Emrey-Arras – US Government Accountability Office, 2025
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified and reported on numerous problems since 2013 at the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), within the Department of the Interior (Interior). During this period, GAO issued 24 reports and testimonies and made 38 recommendations to BIE related to the agency's support and oversight of schools. Key…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, American Indian Education, School Supervision, School District Spending
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2021
A for-profit college may convert to nonprofit status for a variety of reasons, such as wanting to align its status and mission. However, in some cases, former owners or other insiders could improperly benefit from the conversion, which is impermissible under the Internal Revenue Code and Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. This…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Private Colleges, Taxes, Federal Legislation
Nowicki, Jacqueline – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
The U.S. Department of Education (Education) plays a key role in supporting educational opportunities for K-12 students, including awarding grants and overseeing compliance with federal education laws. Over the past decade, Education's grant awards have generally increased in number and size. Using Education budget data, it was determined that in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Public Agencies
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
The Department of Education (Education) gives grants to schools and organizations that provide disadvantaged students with services to help them attend college. These eight grant programs are collectively known as "TRIO," named for the original three programs. Congress provides over $1 billion each year to these programs, but Education…
Descriptors: Grants, Access to Education, Higher Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Goodwin, Gretta L. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
Federal and other studies have noted that exposure to violence and substance abuse make Native American youth susceptible to becoming involved with the justice system. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine federal and tribal efforts to address juvenile delinquency and the barriers tribes face in doing so. This report…
Descriptors: American Indians, Delinquency, Youth, Violence
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2016
Education programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are intended to enhance the nation's global competitiveness. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2012 that there were more than 200 federal STEM education programs in fiscal year 2010. Since then, this portfolio of programs has changed. GAO was…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Educational Finance
Goodwin, Gretta L. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for managing the care and custody of approximately 175,000 federal inmates--an estimated 20 percent of whom have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review BOP's efforts to provide drug treatment to federal inmates. This report (1)…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Substance Abuse
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
American Indian and Alaska Native students enrolled in public schools have performed consistently below other students on national assessments from 2005-2019. The Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) program provides academic and cultural supports, through contracts, to meet the specialized and unique educational needs of American Indian and Alaska Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, American Indian Education, Public Schools, Alaska Natives
PDF pending restorationGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
A study examined local U.S. Employment Service (ES) office placement performance and the role of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in guiding and monitoring state and local ES program performance. Regression and other statistical methods were used to analyze state and local program performance based on the following: placement data for…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Employment Services, Federal Programs, Job Placement
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1986
This report discusses an oversight investigation of the Department of Education's Publication and Audio Visual Council (PAVAC) and its successor, the Publications Review Board (PRB). Background information is provided about the review process for publications and products; the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) program; educational laboratories…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Media
Mississippi State Legislature, Jackson. Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee. – 1993
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) Committee of the Mississippi Legislature is authorized to review any public entity at the request of the legislature. In response to numerous allegations by agency employees and citizens and to anonymous complaints, the PEER Committee reviewed the Mississippi…
Descriptors: Administration, Broadcast Television, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
Since 1981, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Education has been accused of failing to enforce the civil rights laws according to its mandate. OCR is responsible for enforcing Federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, handicap, or age in educational programs or activities…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Agency Role, Civil Rights Legislation, Disability Discrimination
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the performance measurement system of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), which administers programs and activities designed to help veterans obtain employment and training assistance. The GAO review focused on the following items: VETS' proposed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Services
