Select an Office to see that Office's Functional Statement and Delegations of Authority. These statements represent the contents of the Department's Mission and Organization Manual, Part B of the Administrative Communications System.
These statements were developed for internal use and frequently use acronyms which are understandable within the Department but may not be clear to others. We have attached a listing of common acronyms for the use of the reader.
Commonly used acronyms and their meaning listed from A to Z.
Read the Federal Student Aid (FSA) office's functional statements.
Read the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) office's functional statements.
Read the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) functional statements.
Read the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) functional statements.
Read the Office English Language Acquisition (OELA) functional statements.
Read the Office of Finance and Operations (OFO) functional statements.
Read the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) functional statements.
Read the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) functional statements.
Read the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) functional statements.