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The head of the Education Department’s student financial aid office resigned Tuesday night over what he said were simmering management problems at the agency that culminated in a dispute with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her insistence he testify before a congressional oversight panel.James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, submitted his resignation at about 10:30 p.m., suggesting in a memo to colleagues that his office had been micromanaged by political appointees and was being stretched too thin.
Later in the day, however, a DeVos spokeswoman fired back at Runcie’s assertions.“The Secretary directed Mr. Runcie to comply with the request of Congress and to answer questions regarding oversight within FSA and repeated issues concerning improper payments,” spokeswoman Liz Hill said in an email. “He chose to resign rather than face Congress.”
