Lax enforcement of Title IX in campus sexual assault cases

By Kristin Jones

Feeble watchdog leaves students at risk, critics say

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office for Civil Rights":

"… sponse, Dunn hoped to find an ally in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The office, referred to as OCR, enforces Title IX, a federal law req …"

"… was put under the oversight of the newly created Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights. The law is widely associated with disputes over gender equality in athlet …"

Education Department touts settlement as ‘model’ for campus sex assault policies

By Kristen Lombardi

The U.S. Department of Education says two recent settlements will serve as a new model for how colleges, universities, and the department de

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office for Civil Rights":

"… n earlier this year.In a Dec. 2 posting on its website, the department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) made public what it calls “voluntary resolution agreements” with …"

State attorneys general not leaping to embrace HIPAA enforcement

By Kimberly Leonard

Congress gave state attorneys general authority to pursue HIPAA privacy and security breaches, but not much has happened

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office for Civil Rights":

"… usly belonged only to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which was directed to protect private patient information by the 19 …"

"… PAA’s Privacy Rule,” he said.Over the course of 2009 and 2010, the HHS Office for Civil Rights received more than 16,000 complaints of security and privacy violations. T …"

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An epidemic of expulsions

By Susan Ferriss

Kern County, California at ground zero in debate over school discipline

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office for Civil Rights":

"… d to the U.S. Department of Education as part of a national survey for its Office for Civil Rights.Numbers aside, no one in authority in Kern County is apologizing. Bryan Ba …"

New federal statistics reveal harsh discipline for minority students

By Susan Ferriss

New federal statistics reveal blacks, Latinos students face harsher punishments than whites

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office for Civil Rights":

"… d the Civil Rights Data Collection and it is managed by the department’s Office for Civil Rights. The data is the most recent and largest pool of such information in the f …"