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    <AgencyName>Department of Education</AgencyName>
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        <Address>400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202</Address>
        <Phone>202-401-2000</Phone>
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            <NameColumnValue>Arne Duncan</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Secretary of Education</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James H. Shelton, III</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Emma Vadehra</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Massie Ritsch</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Assistant Secretary for Communication and Outreach</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Gabriella Gomez, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Philip Rosenfelt, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kathleen S. Tighe</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>John Q. Easton</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Catherine E. Lhamon</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Thomas Skelly, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Andrew Jackson</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Lloyd Horwich, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Brenda Girton-Mitchell</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nadya Chinoy Dabby</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Michael K. Yudin, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Libia Gil, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Deborah Delisle</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Alejandra Ceja</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Executive Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Theodore R. Mitchell</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James W. Runcie</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Chief Operating Officer for Federal Student Aid</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Brenda Dann-Messier, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Brenda Dann-Messier</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>George Cooper</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Executive Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>William Mendoza</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Executive Director, White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kiran Ahuja</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders</TitleColumnValue>
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        <Paragraph MissionStatmentId="113" SortOrder="1">The Department of Education ensures equal access to education; promotes educational excellence; and makes policy for, administers, and coordinates most Federal assistance to education with the aim of raising student achievement and readiness for the global future.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Department of Education was created by the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411) and is administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Education.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Secretary</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Secretary of Education advises the President on education plans, policies, and programs of the Federal Government and serves as the chief executive officer of the Department, supervising all Department activities, providing support to States and localities, and focusing resources to ensure equal access to educational excellence throughout the Nation.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Institute of Education Sciences</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Institute of Education Sciences was formally established by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 note). The Institute includes national education centers focused on research, special education, statistics, and evaluation and is the mechanism through which the Department supports the research activities needed to improve education policy and practice.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Elementary and Secondary Education</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education directs, coordinates, and formulates policy relating to early childhood, elementary, and secondary education. Included are grants and contracts to State educational agencies and local school districts, postsecondary schools, and nonprofit organizations for disadvantaged, migrant, and Indian children; enhancement of State student achievement assessment systems; improvement of reading instruction; economic impact aid; technology; safe and healthy schools; and after-school learning programs. The Office also focuses on improving K-12 education, providing children with language and cognitive development, early reading, and other readiness skills, and improving the quality of teachers and other instructional staff.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students helps children who are limited in their English, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and meet the same challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Federal Student Aid</Heading>
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                <WebAddress>https://studentaid.ed.gov/</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>Federal Student Aid partners with postsecondary schools and financial institutions to deliver programs and services that help students finance their education beyond high school. This includes administering postsecondary student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Innovation and Improvement</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) oversees competitive grant programs that support innovations in the educational system and disseminates the lessons learned from these innovative practices. OII administers, coordinates, and recommends programs and policy for improving the quality of activities designed to support and test innovations throughout the K-12 system in areas such as parental choice, teacher quality, use of technology in education, and arts in education. OII encourages the establishment of charter schools through planning, start-up funding, and approaches to credit enhancement for charter school facilities. OII also serves as the Department's liaison and resource to the nonpublic education community.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Postsecondary Education</Heading>
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                <WebAddress>http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/index.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) formulates Federal postsecondary education policy and administers programs that address critical national needs in support of the mission to increase access to quality postsecondary education. OPE develops policy for Federal student financial programs and support programs that reach out to low-income, first-generation college students and communities. OPE also supports programs that strengthen the capacity of colleges and universities serving a high percentage of disadvantaged students and improve teacher quality. OPE recognizes accrediting agencies that monitor academic quality, promote innovation in higher education, and expand American educational resources for international studies and services.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) provides leadership and resources to help ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunities to learn, work, and live as fully integrated and contributing members of society. OSERS has three components: The Office of Special Education Programs administers the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act legislation, which helps States meet the early intervention and educational needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. The Rehabilitation Services Administration supports State vocational rehabilitation, independent living, and assistive technology programs that provide people with disabilities the services, technology, and job training and placement assistance they need to gain meaningful employment and lead independent lives. The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research supports research and development programs that improve the ability of individuals with disabilities to work and live in a barrier-free, inclusive society. OSERS also supports Gallaudet University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the American Printing House for the Blind, and the Helen Keller National Center.</Paragraph>
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                <WebAddress>http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) administers grant, contract, and technical assistance programs for vocational-technical education and for adult education and literacy. It promotes programs that enable adults to acquire the basic literacy skills necessary to function in today's society. The Office also helps students acquire challenging academic and technical skills and prepare for high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand occupations in the 21st-century global economy. OCTAE provides national leadership and works to strengthen the role of community colleges in expanding access to postsecondary education for youth and adults in advancing workforce development.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Regional Offices</Heading>
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                <WebAddress>http://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/regions.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>Each regional office serves as a center for the dissemination of information and provides technical assistance to State and local educational agencies and other institutions and individuals interested in Federal educational activities. Offices are located in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; and Seattle, WA.</Paragraph>
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        <Paragraph>Inquiries on the following categories may be directed to the specified office, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.ed.gov/fund/contract-opportunities.html</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Contracts and Small Business Activities</Header>
        <Paragraph>Call or write the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Phone, 202-245-6301.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.ed.gov/jobs</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Employment</Header>
        <Paragraph>Inquiries and applications for employment and inquiries regarding the college recruitment program should be directed to the Human Capital and Client Services. Phone, 202-401-0553.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Organization</Header>
        <Paragraph>Contact the Executive Office, Office of Management. Phone, 202-469-6785.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Information Resources Center, Department of Education, Room 5E248 (FB-6), 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. Phone, 800 -872-5327.</Footer>
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      <WebAddress>http://www.ed.gov</WebAddress>
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