OIG Finds Education Dept. Not Properly Screening Its Contractor Employees

on March 5, 2018 in Sunrise, Florida.
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - MARCH 07: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks to the news during a press conference held at the Heron Bay Marriott about her visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on M... CORAL SPRINGS, FL - MARCH 07: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks to the news during a press conference held at the Heron Bay Marriott about her visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on March 7, 2018 in Coral Springs, Florida. DeVos was visiting the high school following the February 14 shooting that killed 17 people. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Education Department watchdog has found that the agency has not been properly screening its contractor employees.

The department’s Office of Inspector General says in a report released Wednesday that the agency’s financial aid office has not been following guidelines on hiring contractor staff. As a result, there is “increased risk” that some of those employees are working without appropriate security clearance. The watchdog found that the office was sometimes giving employees access to sensitive information without first checking their backgrounds, as well as disclosing sensitive information to non-U.S. citizens.

Department press secretary Liz Hill says the agency is working to correct the problems and security “remains a top priority.”

The office awards more than $120 billion a year in grants and loans to approximately 13 million students.

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  1. This is shocking in a department headed by someone whose takeover of Michigan schools included zero accountability for the charter schools she advocates.

  2. DeVos: We never screened our Amway “contractors” so why should we do it here?

  3. Avatar for pac pac says:

    Anyone connected to a Pyramid scheme like Amway should not be allowed in government.

  4. Department press secretary Liz Hill says the agency is working to correct the problems and security “remains a top priority.”

    Kevlar seat cushions?

  5. Didn’t the Catholic Church have this kind of problem ? . …

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