United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-02-15 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19 P0b002ee180393c93 f:ns95019 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19 NSIAD-95-19 Colleges/universities Research grants Research and development contracts Contractor personnel Dependents Aid for education Contract costs Federal regulations Fringe benefits Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed tuition assistance costs charged to the government for family members of contractor employees performing government-funded university research, focusing on: (1) a comparison of U.S. policies governing payment of these expenses and payment of similar expenses incurred by commercial businesses; (2) the nature and extent of tuition assistance; (3) the costs to the federal government and the agencies involved; and (4) the salary levels of employees whose families receive tuition assistance.<p/>GAO found that: (1) Office of Management and Budget guidance permits educational institutions performing government-funded research to charge for employee family members' tuition assistance costs; (2) federal acquisition regulations specifically prohibit commercial businesses from submitting such charges; (3) university-provided tuition assistance is a common practice among many universities; (4) 4 of the 5 universities visited have tuition assistance programs, but they vary widely in benefits and eligibility requirements; (5) during 1991 through 1993, the 4 universities charged $17 million of their $53 million in tuition assistance costs for employee family members to federal research contracts and grants; (6) federal agencies awarded research contracts and grants worth $2.5 billion to the 4 universities in 1993; and (7) 45 percent of the universities' employees receiving tuition assistance benefits had annual salaries of $50,000 or less, 34 percent had annual salaries between $50,000 and $100,000, and 21 percent had annual salaries of over $100,000. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-19 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-19; University Research: U.S. Reimbursement of Tuition Costs for University Employee Family Members; Colleges/universities Research grants Research and development contracts Contractor personnel Dependents Aid for education Contract costs Federal regulations Fringe benefits