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Download full textMarisol Cruz Cain – US Government Accountability Office, 2025
The Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) manages the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which students and parents submit to determine a student's eligibility for receiving financial aid. The FAFSA Processing System (FPS)--the system that underpins federal student aid--processes these applications. In…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Marisol Cruz Cain; Kaelin Kuhn, Contributor; Nicole Jarvis, Contributor; David Matcham, Contributor; Jillian Clouse, Contributor; Rebecca Eyler, Contributor; Ashley Mattson, Contributor; Brandon Mitchell, Contributor; Walter Vance, Contributor – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
For decades, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms were processed electronically by the legacy Central Processing System. In 2021 the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) initiated a system development effort and in December 2023 deployed a new system to process forms for the 2024-2025 school year. However, student aid…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
Melissa Emrey-Arras – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the entry ramp to federal grants and loans that many students depend on to afford college. Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020 in part to make it easier to apply for federal aid. However, Education's rollout of the new FAFSA has suffered from numerous challenges and delays.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
Direct linkMoy, Mae N. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Despite the use of earned value management (EVM) techniques to track development progress, federal information (IT) software programs continue to fail by not meeting identified business requirements. The purpose of this logistic regression study was to examine, using IT software data from federal agencies from 2011 to 2014, whether a relationship…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Information Technology, Program Evaluation, Computer Software
Moline, Judi; And Others – 1990
The Portable Courseware Project (PORTCO) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is typical of projects worldwide that require standard software interfaces. This paper articulates the strategy whereby the federal multimedia courseware initiative leverages the open systems movement and the new realities of information technology. The federal…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Equipment Standards
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. National Science and Technology Council. – 1994
The federal High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program was created to accelerate the development of future generations of high performance computers and networks and the use of these resources in the federal government and throughout the American economy. This report describes the HPCC program which is developing computing,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1991
This hearing focused on H. R. 656, companion bill of S. 272, which calls for high performance computing legislation. This is one of several initiatives to provide for a coordinated federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in high performance computing. The bill authorizes the development of a National Research and Education…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. National Science and Technology Council. – 2001
This document is the annual report prepared by the Interagency Working Group on Information Technology Research and Development of the National Science and Technology Council. This report is a Supplement to the President's fiscal year (FY) 2002 Budget that describes the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD)…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1991
This report, submitted by Representative Ford, of Michigan, from the House Committee on Education and Labor, is intended to accompany H.R. 656. The bill provides for a focused and coordinated federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in high-performance computing through the establishment of a national network of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1991
This report presents a review of the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program, which has as its goal the acceleration of the commercial availability and utilization of the next generation of high performance computers and networks in order to: (1) extend U.S. technological leadership in high performance computing and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Economic Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education
General Services Administration, Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation. – 1995
This handbook presents guidance for federal managers and other personnel who are unfamiliar with the policy and practice of information accessibility to accommodate users with disabilities and to provide for their effective access to information resources. It addresses federal requirements for accessibility, adopting accessibility as a sound…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
