Student-Aid Programs Are Removed From GAO's High-Risk List for Fraud or Abuse

The federal student-aid programs are no longer among the government programs that are considered most vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse, the Government Accountability Office announced on Tuesday.

The GAO's decision to remove the aid programs from the high-risk list -- on which they have appeared since the agency first compiled it, in 1990 -- was a major victory for the Bush administration. In 2001,

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