Federal Student Aid(FSA-ED)
Student aid grants, loans, servicing, borrower accounts, FAFSA operations, and institutional participation oversight.
Function
Sub-agency or bureau
Parent
Department of Education
Budget Authority
No cost data on file
Official Data
USAspending.govEvidence & Review
Evidence Confidence
LowVerification Status
AI-researched, unverifiedLast Reviewed
Jul 5, 2026
Retrieved On
Jul 5, 2026
Effectiveness Baseline
Use parent Performance.gov plans, inspector general work, GAO reports, and service-specific measures such as timeliness, accuracy, safety, inspection, adjudication, or grant outcomes.
Efficiency Opportunities
FAFSA reliability, borrower-account clarity, loan-servicing performance contracts, and school risk monitoring tied to outcomes and fraud signals.
Effectiveness Opportunities
Improve the mission outcome named in the Public Value Test while reducing avoidable reporting, waiting, data re-entry, and procurement friction.