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ERIC Number: ED620735
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun-15
Pages: 36
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Federal Student Aid's Suspension of Involuntary Collection in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. ED OIG Oversight of Coronavirus Response Funds. ED-OIG/I20NY0010
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education
The objective of this review was to evaluate the results of Federal Student Aid's (FSA) process for suspending involuntary collection and refunding payments involuntarily collected on defaulted Department-held loans in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The information presented in this report was obtained and analyzed through interviews, documentation requests from the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and FSA's contracted defaulted student loan servicer. The period for FSA to suspend involuntary collection was March 13, 2020, through September 30, 2021 (referred to as "suspension period"). The review covered the results of FSA's process to suspend involuntary collection and refund payments involuntarily collected from March 13, 2020, through September 30, 2020. The inspection was performed from September 2020 through January 2021.
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; e-mail: edpubs@edpubs.ed.gov; Web site: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/managementchallenges.html
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Office of Inspector General (ED)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A