Governments of all sizes and locations are owed money. In the U.S. federal government, citizens and businesses typically owe taxes, fines and fees. Consumers can also owe on federally-backed student loans, while businesses can owe on development loans. Several branches of the U.S. government have robust ARM operations, including the IRS and the Department of Education. On the state and local level, debts to the government can be too many to enumerate. From court fines and fees to sales tax to late parking tickets. An overwhelming majority of U.S. states, and thousands of municipal governments, have used private debt collectors to help recover their debts.

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CFPB To Convene Field Hearing Tomorrow in Milwaukee About Student Loans

13 May 2015

Minority Firms Sought to Collect Federal Student Loans

13 May 2015

Performant Q1 Earnings Provide Insight on Student Loan Collections

8 May 2015

Executive Change: Ashley Hancock Joins RDS Local Government Team

23 April 2015

Executive Change: Net Gain Marketing Hires New IT Tech Guru

16 April 2015

Free Teleseminar: Top 10 Myths about Government & Student Loan RFPs

7 April 2015

CFPB Announces Enforcement Action Against Bad Check Debt Collection Agency

31 March 2015

Mike Ginsberg to Moderate a Roundtable at the iA Institute's Larger Market Participant Summit

17 March 2015

MyGovWatch.com Celebrates Freedom of Information Day with Free Promo

16 March 2015

NGM to Offer Staffing Agency Model for Outsourced RFP Writing

11 March 2015

Navient Acquires Government Collection Firm Gila/Municipal Services Bureau

2 March 2015

Executive Change: Coast Professional Names Roxanne Baker President

10 February 2015

Executive Change: J. A. Cline Joins Broussard Partners & Associates PRA Government Services Team

2 February 2015

ACLU Sues Georgia County and Collection Agency Over Debt Collection Practices

30 January 2015

Government Collection Professionals Invited to Tampa, Florida

14 January 2015

UK Launches $35 billion Debt Collection Project Headed by Equifax's TDX Group

23 December 2014

Judge Rules that Government Debt is Covered by FDCPA, Forcing Collection Agency to Defend

18 December 2014

American Bar Association Condemns Debt Collector/DA Relationships and Letter Practices

12 November 2014

Performant Financial Reports Q3 Earnings Dinged by Student Loan Collection Unit

7 November 2014

NCO Group Parent Closes on Sale of U.S. Third-Party Collection Unit

4 November 2014