The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) is scheduled to begin relocating staff from the U.S. Department of Education’s Lyndon B. Johnson Building, with the administration changing the destination: instead of the planned USAID site, FSA will move to a Department of Treasury building on Washington’s K Street. An email obtained by Inside Higher Ed describes a staged schedule, with the initial wave working remotely until an Aug. 17 move date. The shift is taking place amid changes already underway in federal student loan oversight, including an interagency agreement transferring oversight of defaulted student loans to Treasury. Officials say the consolidation should not disrupt FSA operations and cite coordination benefits for federal partners. For campuses and aid offices, the operational timing matters: it lands as the new academic year begins and as financial aid advisers prepare for awards, verification, and borrower-support processes. The move reinforces how quickly institutional-facing student aid workflows can be affected by federal bureaucratic restructuring.
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