Notice
6 Aug 2025
compliance, financial assistance, privacy act, department of education, social security administration, higher education act
📚Update on Privacy Act Matching Program for Financial Aid Eligibility
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 (Privacy Act), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of matching programs, notice is hereby given of the re-establishment of the matching program between the U.S. Department of Education (Department), as the recipient agency, and the Social Security Administration (SSA), as the source agency, to ensure that applicants for title IV, HEA program assistance satisfy eligibility requirements under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
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