The Common Application is an online college application tool that lets you apply to more than 1,000 participating universities in the United States and abroad. Developed by the nonprofit access ...

In the fall of 2019, I toured the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Retirement Operations Center—known as the “ROC”—located 220 feet underground in a former limestone mine north of Pittsburgh, ...

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Editor's note: USA TODAY is updating this previously published story with more details on the soft launch of the new FAFSA form for the school year 2024-25. The long-awaited simplified Free ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. As state and local agencies pursue technology modernization, they ...

NEW YORK — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has opened for a limited number of students as part of a beta test, the Department of Education says. The department ...

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