May 4, 2001
Paige to Tackle Fraud at Education Dept.
Cleaning up waste, fraud, and abuse at the Education Department will be "the most urgent departmental matter," Education Secretary Roderick R. Paige said at a news conference in April.
To take on the problems, Mr. Paige announced that he had selected eight senior managers at the department to develop a plan to fix weaknesses in its financial management. Those weaknesses, revealed in audits, have left the agency vulnerable to fraud. The "strike team" will be led by John P. Higgins Jr.,
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