Department of Education August 30, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552a, the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled ``The Graduate Fellowship Programs Participants Study (18-17- 01).'' This system will contain information about graduate students who received financial support between the years 1997-1999 through one or more of the following fellowship programs sponsored by the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Program (FLAS), the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program (DDRA), the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program (Javits), and the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship Program (GAANN). It will include names; social security numbers; addresses; demographic information such as race/ ethnicity, age, educational background, degree and enrollment information; fellowship funding and financial support; employment; and responses to survey questions. The Department seeks comment on this new system of records described in this notice, in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act.