Significant Problems Remain in Student-Aid Programs, Report Says

By Meg Sommerfeld

Washington

Despite the Education Department's efforts to combat fraud and abuse in federal student-loan programs, substantial problems remain, a joint report by the agency's inspector general and the General Accounting Office concludes.

Along with the Internal Revenue Service's tax-return-filing program and the major federal public-housing program, the Federal Family Education Loan program continues to appear on the "high risk'' list compiled by the G.A.O. and the Office of Management and Budget. All three were scrutinized in...