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Download full textBillings, Kara Clifford – Congressional Research Service, 2021
The federal government has a long history of investing in programs for feeding children, starting with federal aid for school lunch programs in the 1930s. Today, federal child nutrition programs support food served to children in schools and a variety of other institutional settings. The child nutrition programs support meals and snacks served to…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Food
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
A study assessed strategies agencies use to ensure that their workforces are receiving the training necessary to implement acquisition initiatives. Focus was on the General Services Administration (GSA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Department of Defense (DOD). Findings indicated that the critical elements important to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Federal Government
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
The United States Department of Education (ED), Office of Inspector General (OIG), describes in its semiannual report its provisions for audit, investigation, fraud detection and prevention, as well as other activities. The first section reviews management improvement and preventive activities including recommended changes to legislation and…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1983
A formal review was conducted to assess the efforts made by federal agencies to implement the 1983 Emergency Jobs Appropriations Act (EJAA). (The EJAA provided emergency supplemental appropriations to provide productive employment for jobless Americans, to hasten or initiate federal projects and construction of lasting value to the nation, and to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Construction Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Government
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
This paper responds to a congressional request for more information concerning first, the potential cost savings from direct rather than guaranteed student loans and second, the ability of the Department of Education and postsecondary institutions to effectively manage a direct lending program. The report: (1) provides a more complete analysis of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Colleges, Cost Estimates
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The effects of the current student financial aid delivery system on five major participant groups are examined: federal government, states/guarantee agencies, postsecondary institutions, lenders and secondary markets, and applicants and families. Attention is directed to effects of the current system, including: administrative costs, fund…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Credit (Finance), Delivery Systems, Federal Aid
Coalition for Student Loan Reform, Washington, DC. – 1994
This publication presents a set of eight recommended reforms and improvements for delivering financial aid to postsecondary students especially the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The recommendations are: (1) make applying for student aid simpler for students; (2) assure the continued availability of a dependable, reliable source of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Educational Finance, Federal Government
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. – 1986
The interactions between the federal government, colleges, and industry in U.S. research and higher education in the areas of science and engineering were examined by a special panel of the White House Science Council. Recommendations to retain U.S. leadership in areas of science and technology are offered by the panel, which is composed of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Engineering, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The effects of the current system for delivering federal financial assistance to students under the Pell Grant, Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL), and campus-based programs are analyzed. Information is included on the use of the assessment model, which combines program evaluation, systems research, and policy analysis methodologies.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Credit (Finance), Delivery Systems, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1986
This report is an assessment of health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives who are eligible for medical and health-related services from the federal government. Chapters outline Federal-Indian relationships; provide demographic and economic information on the Indian population; trace current health status, changing health problems, and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Demography, Differences
