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Federal Family Education Loan Information System. Weak Computer Controls Increase Risk of Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Data. Report to the Secretary of Education.
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General 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
Student Financial Aid. High Risk Series.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report discusses the continuing concerns of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) in regard to the Department of Education's management and oversight of postsecondary student financial aid programs, especially the Federal Family Education Loan, the Ford Direct Loan, and the Federal Pell Grant Programs. GAO commends the department for its…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Fraud, Higher Education, Information Management
Integrity and Accountability: Recommendations for Improving the Management, Delivery, and Operations of the Federal Student Aid Programs. A Report to the Congress of the United States and the Secretary of Education.
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Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report presents an assessment of the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the new Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ACSFA), along with recommendations to help improve FFELP and FDLP. It found that congressional priorities and the…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Information Systems
Student Financial Aid. Data Not Fully Utilized To Identify Inappropriately Awarded Loans and Grants. Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate.
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Blanchette, Cornelia M.; And Others – 1995
This report examines the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and Federal Pell Grant Program (FPGP), focusing on the extent to which the Department's student aid data are effectively used to help ensure compliance with federal requirements and prevent any abuses from recurring and the improvements that the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Eligibility, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Student Financial Aid Information. Systems Architecture Needed To Improve Programs' Efficiency. Report To Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1997
This is a report evaluating the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), which is designed to track federal student financial aid (Title IV) programs and provide research and support functions such as prescreening of aid applicants for eligibility and enrollment status. The report finds that the Department of Education has made only limited…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Database Design, Databases