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WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today urged the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to close a legal loophole that enables federal employees to use federal funds to pay for coursework from diploma mills. Diploma mills masquerade as legitimate institutions of higher learning, but the degrees they offer are awarded for a […]https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/HSGAC_Logo_Social.jpg1200630