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GAO-11-184R 1 (2010-11-15)

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T I   IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


          B-321105


          November 15, 2010

          The Honorable Tom Harkin
          Chairman
          The Honorable Michael B. Enzi
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
          United States Senate

          The Honorable George Miller
          Chairman
          The Honorable John Kline
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Education and Labor
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of Education: Program Integrity Issues

          Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of Education (Education), entitled
          Program Integrity Issues (RIN: 1840-AD02). We received the rule on October 21,
          2010. It was published in the Federal Register as final regulations on October 29,
          2010. 75 Fed. Reg. 66,832. The rule has a stated effective date of July 1, 2011, except
          for the revision of subpart E of part 668, Verification and Updating of Student Aid
          Application Information, which has a stated effective date of July 1, 2012.

          The final rule amends the regulations for Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher
          Education Act, the Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, the Secretary's
          Recognition Procedures for State Agencies, the Student Assistance General
          Provisions, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the William D. Ford
          Federal Direct Loan Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and
          Higher Education Grant Program, the Federal Pell Grant Program, and the Academic
          Competitiveness Grant (AGC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to
          Retain Talent Grant Programs. Education intends for this rule to improve the
          integrity in these programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
          1965, as amended (title IV, HEA).


GAO- 11-184R

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