ERIC Number: ED156054
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978-Feb
Pages: 59
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Further Actions Needed to Resolve VA's Educational Assistance Overpayment Problem. Report of the Comptroller General of the United States.
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.
Recommendations are made for the correction and collection of Veterans Administration overpayments of educational benefits. They include: improved compliance surveying; updates on overpayments balance reports to the states; identification of schools liable for overpayments; notification of veterans of their obligation to report training status changes; testing of automated monitoring of status changes; decreased special payments; increased and monitored stoppayments; improved efficiency of cash collection letter and followup schedule; revision of eligibility letters; improvement of information on overpayment collection costs; increased use of on-campus resources to identify and correct overpayments; faster collection action on special payments resulting in overpayment. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administration, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Finance Reform, Financial Problems, Grants, Higher Education, Information Systems, Program Administration, Student Financial Aid, Training Allowances, Veterans Education
U.S. General Accounting Office Distribution Section, P. O. Box 1020, Washington, D.C. 20013 ($1.00 prepaid for general public, free for nonprofit institutions, college faculty, and students)
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Authoring Institution: Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: G I Bill
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