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On March 11, 2025, the Department of Education (ED or the Department) effectively fired a substantial portion of its employees, marking a significant step in what Secretary Linda McMahon has called the...more
On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published Electronic Announcement GENERAL-23-11 (EA) notifying institutions that participate in the Title IV federal student aid programs (Title IV) that it is...more
On February 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued an electronic announcement regarding its enforcement of cybersecurity requirements under the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). As described in more detail below,...more
As discussed in a previous alert dated June 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”) over the last year increased its scrutiny of postsecondary institutions’ contracts with, and gifts from, foreign...more
1/20/2020
/ Colleges ,
Compliance ,
Federal Student Aid ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Governments ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign-Owned Corporations ,
Gifts ,
Higher Education Act ,
OMB ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Service Contracts ,
Supply Contracts ,
Title IV ,
Universities
As discussed in a previous DBR on Data post, the U.S. Department of Education (“ED”) in recent years has repeatedly emphasized the importance of higher education institutions taking all appropriate measures to secure and...more
12/20/2019
/ Audits ,
Colleges ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Federal Student Aid ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Hackers ,
Information Security ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Student Privacy ,
Universities