MEMORANDUM

TO: Director, Funds Management/School Reconciliation Partner Division, Program 

Delivery Services Group, Partner Management and Support Services, Partner 

Participation and Oversight, Federal Student Aid

THROUGH: Director, Program Delivery Services Group, Partner Management and Support 

Services, Partner Participation and Oversight, Federal Student Aid

Director, Partner Management and Support Services, Partner Participation and 

Oversight, Federal Student Aid

Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Partner Participation and Oversight, Federal 

Student Aid 

FROM: Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid

SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority

I. DELEGATION

Under the authority vested in me by the Secretary through delegation number EA/EN/96, 

certified on May 4, 2021, I hereby redelegate to you as Director, Funds 

Management/School Reconciliation Partner Division, Program Delivery Services Group, 

to your successor in function, and to anyone serving for you in acting capacity or 

delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of your position, the authority 

to approve obligations in the Federal Pell Grant, Campus Based Programs (the Federal 

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), and Federal Work-Study 

(FWS) programs)), Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant (IASG), Teacher Education 

Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grants, and the William D. Ford 

Direct Loans Program including Direct Loan Consolidation, as well as any future 

programs that Congress authorizes and makes appropriations for under Title IV of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. 

This obligation activity primarily constitutes: 

1. Approval of individual school funding adjustments on the COD and CampusBased System Web Pages and their successor systems and for exception 

processing; 

2. Approval of funding adjustments in the mass generation of initial authorizations; 

and 

3. Appropriate requests for minor reprogramming of funds.

Unless otherwise noted in the future delegations of authority, amendments to the 

authorities delegated herein are included within the scope of this delegation. 
II. RESERVATIONS

Unless otherwise noted in existing or future delegations of authority, the following are 

not delegated:

1. The authority to sign certain documents for publication in the Federal Register;

2. The authority to appoint members of advisory councils and fix compensation; 

3. Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to submit reports to Congress or 

the President;

4. The authority under the Department of Education Organization Act, 20 U.S.C. 

§3415, to serve as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting 

public and private postsecondary education is reserved to the Assistant Secretary 

for Postsecondary Education; and

5. The authority under Title IV, Part H, Subpart 2, Section 496, of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. §1099b) is reserved to the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

III. REDELEGATION

Subject to applicable provisions of law, you may redelegate any of the authorities 

delegated to you and may authorize further redelegation. All redelegations must be 

prepared in accordance with the Administrative Communications Systems directive, 

ACSD-OFO-015, Delegations of Authority.

IV. CERTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

This delegation is effective upon certification by the Department’s Principal Delegations 

Control Officer and supersedes all previous redelegations of these authorities, including 

Delegations ENBG/ENBG6/75 certified on February 28, 2011, ENB/ENBG/74 certified 

on February 28, 2011, and EN/ENB/73 certified on February 28, 2011.

I hereby ratify actions within the scope of this delegation taken by you prior to the date of 

certification.

___________/s_________

Richard Cordray 

OGC Concurrence: Debbie Friendly, 3/3/2023

Control Number: EN1/ENA/106

Delegations Control Officer: Jim Clemmens

Certification Date: 3/6/23