included in appendixes VII through X. Justice did not provide formal 

 written comments for this report. 



As discussed in their formal comments and in our report, Energy, NASA, 

 and NSF have begun to take steps, such as providing technical assistance 

 and collecting complieince infonnation from grantees, to ensure greater 

 compliance with Title IX. Although officials at these agencies agree that 

 compliance reviews have not been conducted, officials from each agency 

 reported that they are making efforts to carry out compliance reviews in 

 the future. Where appropriate, we incorporated information about agency 

 efforts in the final version of this report. 



In the conmients from Education, officials reported about compliance 

 reviews and other efforts that Education has conducted on school districts 

 and on nonscience programs at institutions of higher education. Wliile we 

 agree that these efforts may provide greater access for women in higher 

 education science programs, as they may for women in other fields, they 

 were not wdthin the scope of our review and, therefore, were not included 

 in this report. 



We are sending copies of this report to the Secretary of Education, the 

 Secretary of Energy, the Attorney General, the Administrator of NASA, the 

 Acting Director of NSF, appropriate congressional committees, and other 

 interested parties. In addition, the report will be available at no charge on 

 GAO's Web site at http://www.gao.gov. Please call me at (202) 512-8403 if 

 you or your staff have any questions about this report. Other major 

 contributors to this report are listed in appendix XI. 



Cornelia M. Ashby 



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Director, Education, Workforce 

 and Income Security 



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