Topic: Department of Education

Obamacare Is Complicating Some Student Loans

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The Department of Education has been transferring large batches of federal student loans to new loan-servicing companies 2014 leaving in the lurch some borrowers who are suddenly encountering problems with their loans, such as payments that are mysteriously adjusted up or down.

By John Hudson

Oct 27, 2011

Obama's IT Department Is Blowing It

The federal government's IT department is supposed to be an apolitical, technocratic regime. But blunders on two federal websites are turning it into a political lighting rod for President Obama.

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