Office of Legislation & Congressional Affairs
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-3100
E-mail: olca@ed.gov
Phone: 202-401-0020 OR 202-401-1028
Fax: 202-401-1438
Business Hours: 8:00am - 6:00pm EST, Monday through Friday

Key Staff

Gabriella Gomez
Assistant Secretary

Lloyd Horwich
Deputy Secretary

Jodie Fingland:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
i3 Innovation
Privacy of Student Records (PPRA)
Race to the Top

Legislative Policy Staff

Kristen Adams:
Academic Competitiveness Grants
Accreditation
Affirmative Action (OCR)
Byrd Scholarships
Center for National Business Education
Ciber Grants-Center for internations Bus. Ed.
Civil Rights (OCR)
Collecting data on race/ethnicity for public school students/staff (OCR)
Community College (OPE, OVAE)
Cooperative Education
DC College Access Program
Discrimination: (OCR)
Dual Enrollment (OPE)
Eligibility of Postsecondary Schools for Student Aid (Title IV) (OPE)
English (as official language)
Foreign Schools & Students Medical & Veterinary
FSA Legislation & Policy Questions (FSA)
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Gainful Employment
GEAR-UP (OPE)
Graduate Education (OPE)
Higher Education Act (HEA) (OPE)
Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) (OPE) -Title V
Historically Black Colleges & Universitites (HBCUs) (OPE)
Hope Scholarships
International Education (OPE)
LEAP--Leveraging Education Assistance partnership Program (OPE)
Minority-Serving Institutions (OPE)
National Security Language Incentive
Negotiated Rulemaking (Higher Ed)
Pell Grants (FSA)
Perkins
Postsecondary Education (OPE)
Predominately Black Institution (PBI)
School Prayer
Sexual Harassment (OCR)
SMART Grants (FSA)
Supplemental Education opportunity Grants (SEOG) (FSA)
Tax (Deductions, Credit etc. for College Legislation) Cases (IRS)
Teacher Loan Forgiveness-policies/law
Thurgood Marshall Program (OPE)
Title III (HEA) Institutional Aid
Title IV and V (HEA)
Title IX (Gender Equality)
Title VI (Higher Education)
TRIO Programs (OPE)
Work-Study (OPE)

Nathan Arnold:
Academic Competitiveness Grants
Accreditation
Byrd Scholarships
Center for National Business Education
Ciber Grants-Center for internations Bus. Ed.
Community College (OPE, OVAE)
Dual Enrollment (OPE)
Eligibility of Postsecondary Schools for Student Aid (Title IV) (OPE)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Foreign Schools & Students Medical & Veterinary
FSA Legislation & Policy Questions (FSA)
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Gainful Employment
GEAR-UP (OPE)
Graduate Education (OPE)
Green Schools
Higher Education Act (HEA) (OPE)
Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) (OPE) -Title V
Historically Black Colleges & Universitites (HBCUs) (OPE)
Hope Scholarships
International Education (OPE)
LEAP--Leveraging Education Assistance partnership Program (OPE)
Minority-Serving Institutions (OPE)
Negotiated Rulemaking (Higher Ed)
Oversight
Pell Grants (FSA)
Perkins
Postsecondary Education (OPE)
Predominately Black Institution (PBI)
School Construction/Infrastructure QZABs, tax policy
SMART Grants (FSA)
Supplemental Education opportunity Grants (SEOG) (FSA)
Tax (Deductions, Credit etc. for College Legislation) Cases (IRS)
Teacher Loan Forgiveness-policies/law
Thurgood Marshall Program (OPE)
Title III (HEA) Institutional Aid
Title IV and V (HEA)
Title VI (Higher Education)
TRIO Programs (OPE)
Work-Study (OPE)

Shannon Diamant:
Appropriations
ARRA/Stimulus Bill
Budget

Doris Dixon:
Americans with Disabilities Act
Arts in Education (OII)
Assistive technology (OSERS)
Charter Schools (OII)
Civic Education - Improve Public Knowledge of and Support for Democracy
Close Up Fellowships (OII)
Community Technology Centers (OII)
Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program
Data Systems k-16 (SLDS/IES)
DC Choice/Scholarship Program (OII)
Disabled (Education of) (OSERS)
Education of the Deaf (EDA) (OESE)
Education Research (IES)
Education Technology
E-Rate program (FCC)
Faith based
Financial Literacy/Economic Education (OII)
Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE) (OII)
Gallaudet University (Deaf Act)
GEPA Provisions Act
Government Performance & Results Act (GPRA) (OM)
IDEA (Individuals w/ Disabilities Education Act)
Labs and Centers (IES)
Magnet Schools (OII)
NAGB (National Assessment Governing Board) (IES)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) (IES)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (IES)
Parent Involvement/Assistance Centers (OII)
Partnerships In Character Education Project
Promise Neighborhoods
Ready-to-Learn Grant
Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (OSERS)
Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)
Statistics (NCES) (IES)
Teaching American History (OII)
Technology (OESE & OII)
Voluntary School Choice Program (OII)
Vouchers (Private Schools) Opportunity Scholarships (OII)
Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) (OII)

Rachel Fenton:
Advanced Placement (AP/IB) (OESE)
Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Building State Capacity for Preventing Youth Substance Use and Violence Prevention Program
Campus Security
Comprehensive School Reform
Dropout Prevention/HSGI (OESE)
Drug Education (OSDFS)
Early Childhood Education (OESE)
Early Reading First
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Discretionary Grants
Emergency Management for Higher Education
Even Start (OESE)
Foundations for Learning Grants (OSDFS)
Graduation Rates
Grant Competition to Prevent High Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior Among College Students
Grants for Coalitions to Prevent and Reduce Alcohol Abuse at Institutions of Higher Education
Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems
Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse
Gun Free Schools (OSDFS)
H1N1 flu
High School Reform
Mentoring Program (OSDFS)
Migrant Education (OESE)
Models of Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Prevention
Readiness & Emergency Management for Education
Safe and Drug Free Schools (OSDFS)
School Improvement/Turnaround Grants (OESE)
Supplemental Education Services (SES) & Public School Choice (re: Title I) (OESE & OII)
Title I, Educationally Disadvantaged Children (ESEA)

Ricki Meyer:
Clearance Request
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Scheduling: Gaby & Secretary Duncan

Will Ragland:
Legislative Outreach
Notification for Senior Surrogate Travel
Notification of Secretary's Travel

Alexandria Ruiz:
Alaska Native Education
Bilingual Education/English Language Acquisition Grants (OELA)
College Construction
Confirmations
Educational Facilities Clearinghouse
Immigrant Education (OELA)
Indian Education (OESE)
Native Hawaiian Programs (OESE)
Nominations
Notification for Senior Surrogate Travel
Oversight
Scheduling: Other Department Officials

Linda Wilson:
Adjunct Teachers (OESE)
Adult Education (OVAE)
After School Programs (OESE)
Bilingual Education/English Language Acquisition Grants (OELA)
Career & Technical Education (OVAE)
Comprehensive Centers (OESE)
Corrections Education (OVAE)
Foreign Language Assistance (FLAP)(OELA)
Full-Service Community Schools (OII)
GAO Studies—Liaison
Gifted & Talented (Javits Program) (OESE)
Head Start-HEA, Title II (TA training)
HEP & CAMP (OESE)
Homeless Education (OESE)
Hurricane Education Recovery (OESE)
Immigrant Education (OELA)
Impact Aid (OESE)
Incarcerated Youth Offenders program (OVAE)
Library Programs (OESE)
Literacy
Math & Science Issues (Competitiveness/STEM) Math Science Partnerships (OESE)
Merit Pay/Performance Pay
Perkins Career and Technical Education (OVAE)
Rural Education (OESE)
School Leadership/Principals (OII)
Smaller Learning Communities (OESE)
State Assessments (OESE/OII)
State Scholars Program (OVAE)
Striving Readers (OESE)
Teach for America
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) (OESE)
Teacher Preparation/Teacher Quality Partnerships (OII)
Teacher Quality Partnership
Teacher Training/Professional Development (OESE)
Tech-prep (OVAE)
Transition to Teaching Program (OII)
Troops to Teachers (OII)
Vocational Education (OVAE)
Workforce Investment Act (OVAE/OSERS)

Kim Zarish-Becknell:
Carol M. White Program
Child Nutrition
Ciber Grants-Center for internations Bus. Ed.
Academic Competitiveness Grants
Accreditation
Byrd Scholarships
Center for National Business Education
Community College (OPE, OVAE)
Dual Enrollment (OPE)
Eligibility of Postsecondary Schools for Student Aid (Title IV) (OPE)
Foreign Schools & Students Medical & Veterinary
FSA Legislation & Policy Questions (FSA)
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Gainful Employment
GEAR-UP (OPE)
Graduate Education (OPE)
Higher Education Act (HEA) (OPE)
Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) (OPE) -Title V
Historically Black Colleges & Universitites (HBCUs) (OPE)
Hope Scholarships
International Education (OPE)
LEAP--Leveraging Education Assistance partnership Program (OPE)
Minority-Serving Institutions (OPE)
Neglected & Delinquent Program (OESE)
Negotiated Rulemaking (Higher Ed)
Postsecondary Education (OPE)
Perkins
Pell Grants (FSA)
Predominately Black Institution (PBI)
SMART Grants (FSA)
Supplemental Education opportunity Grants (SEOG) (FSA)
Tax (Deductions, Credit etc. for College Legislation) Cases (IRS)
Thurgood Marshall Program (OPE)
Title III (HEA) Institutional Aid
Title IV and V (HEA)
Title VI (Higher Education)
TRIO Programs (OPE)
Work-Study (OPE)

Congressional Staff

Thomas Kelley:
Base Realignment & Closure Act (BRAC)
Congressional Manager
Real Property (OM)

Ryisha Bullock:
Congressional Hill Deliveries
Congressional CCM Reports
Congressional Interim Letters

Jeffery Chapman Jr:
Thomas Kelley Personal Assistant
Grant Notification
Grants Slate Report
OLCA Web Master

Jerine Coley:
Congressional CCM Reports
Congressional Interim Letters
Congressional Publication Services
Correspondence--General Info./Status on Cases
ED Publication Orders

Birdie Dorsey:
Grant Notification
Grants Slate Report

Allison Hester:
Consolidating Loans (FSA)
Correspondence--FSA status on cases
Defaulted Student Loans (FSA)
Delinquent Accounts/Collections (FSA)
Disability Discharge Loans (FSA)
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL)
Making a payment on a Direct Loan (FSA)
Perkins Loans (FSA)
PLUS-parent Loans (FSA)
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Resolve Disputes related to FSA case work
Sallie Mae Student Loans (FSA)
Stafford Loans (FSA)
Student Aid-General Information (FSA)
Teacher Loan Forgiveness- Casework

Executive Administrative Staff

Paula Shipp:
Business Cards Request
Computer Security Office (CSO)
Conference Calling (Instant Meeting) Card
Contracting Office (CO)
Contracting Office's Representative (COR)
Health & Safety Standards
House ID Request
Human Resources/New Hires
IT Equipment/EDUCATE/Set-up/PC/Labtops/Telephones/Blackberry/Aircards
OLCA Budget (Salaries/Expense)
Payroll Liaison
Principle Officer Contract (POC)
Property Inventory Control
Purchasing (Small Acquisition) Supplies
Space Allocation
Subscriptions/Online/Periodicals
Time Sheets
Training
Transit Benefits
Travel Administrator
Travel Approval