February 5, 1999

Education Dept. Draws New Fire for Its Management of Student Aid

By STEPHEN BURD

Lawmakers and lobbyists are angry over the way the department is carrying out plans to start a 'performance-based organization'

The federal government's first "performance-based organization" has been around for only two months, but already it's coming under fire.

At a meeting last week of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, the U.S. Education Department was bombarded with criticism from college lobbyists and

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