Draft Agency Files Notice to Request Record Matching With Dept. of Education

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Draft Agency Files Notice to Request Record Matching With

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Draft Agency Files Notice to Request Record Matching With

Dept. of Education

 

 

11/4/2004

Draft agency files notice to request record matching with Department

of Education

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Selective Service to match records with Education for compliance

 

By John Byrne | RAW STORY Editor

 

The Selective Service filed a notice in the federal register three

days before the election to check the computer records of the

Department of Education for compliance with a law that requires all

students receiving federal financial aid to register for the draft,

RAW STORY has learned.

 

The notice, filed Oct. 28, was published today in the Federal Register.

 

Former Reagan Assistant Defense Secretary Lawrence Korb, who now works

at a progressive thinktank, downplayed the significance of the notice.

He said that the law mandating financial aid students to register was

put in place by a Democratic congress in the early 1980s, after many

failed to register.

 

Asked if he thought it gave any credence to rumors of a draft, he

said, " Not as far as I know, no. "

 

" The purpose of this matching program is to ensure that the

requirements of Section 12(f) of the Military Selective Service System

Act, " the notice reads.

 

While not an unexpected request, in a time when Americans have been so

worried about a draft that Congress had to pass legislation asserting

a draft would not be reinstated, the request can only fuel increased

speculation about a military draft plan for the war in Iraq. The New

York Times reported last month that the military was exploring a

medical draft in the event of a national security emergency.

 

" In addition, Section 12(f)(2) of the Military Selective Service

System Act specifies that any person required to present himself for

and submit to registration under Section 3 of the Military Selective

Service System Act must file a statement with the institution of

higher education where the person

intends to attend or is attending that he is in compliance with the

Military Selective Service System Act, " the notice adds.

 

Korb added that while not a procedure done annually, the Selective

Service is required by law to ensure aid students are registered.

 

" I would imagine they would have to, " he said. " Under the law they're

required to ensure that people don't get financial aid if they haven't

registered. "