arne duncan was the secretary of the department of education.
who is the secretary of the department of education?
arne duncan
scrutiny continued in 2016 and intensified after another large chain of for-profit institutions accredited by acics, itt technical institute, came under fire by state and federal agencies; the chain closed in 2016 and filed for bankruptcy. u.s. senator elizabeth warren, a prominent critic of acics, released a report critical of the accreditor in june. several days later, the u.s. department of education formally recommended that the accreditor's recognition be withdrawn. in september 2016, the chief of staff to the u.s. education secretary wrote in a letter to acics: "i am terminating the department's recognition of acics as a national recognized accrediting agency. ... acics's track record does not inspire confidence that it can address all of the problems effectively." the company immediately announced that it would appeal the decision within the 30 days allowed for appeal, to education secretary john king jr. acics unsuccessfully appealed the decision and subsequently sued the department of education. although secretary of education king finalized the process of revoking the u.s. department of education's recognition of acics as an accreditor in december 2016, acics's lawsuit resulted in a judge ordering secretary of education betsy devos to review the decision in march 2018 as king did not take into account all of the evidence. acics remains a recognized accreditor while this review takes place.
accrediting council for independent colleges and schools
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bullet::::- secretary of technology services and security (established 2017)





























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bullet::::- secretary of veterans services
government of massachusetts