Legitimacy of "US Dept of Edu Student Information Center"

[FrHaseKopf]

Hi, 
asking for a friend (international student outside US) . So she plans to finish an online degree but not sure how the companies in her country could verify US degrees. As I know, companies normally ask you to send a transcript from the university, or you give them a certified degree copy. But then she came across some website, like:

"National Student ClearingHouse" 
https://nscverifications.org/degreeverify/

"US Dept. of Edu Student Information Center" 
https://a.edgovsc.org/

Are these websites/institutions even legit? Is this actually a thing in the US?  what do you think? 
Especially the second one looks phishy...

[url=https://www.studentclearinghouse.org/colleges/degreeverify/][/url]

[rachel83az]

The StudentClearingHouse.org link is valid. I think TESU uses that to issue "digital degrees" these days. Students cannot sign up for it themselves. The other two links? No. Just... no.

[Vle045]

This is the real website for the US Dept of Education https://www.ed.gov/

[FrHaseKopf]

The StudentClearingHouse.org link is valid. I think TESU uses that to issue "digital degrees" these days. Students cannot sign up for it themselves. The other two links? No. Just... no.

Thank you. 
Found it on TESU website
https://www.tesu.edu/about/registrar/deg...rification

[carrythenothing]

You can check whether a school participates in DegreeVerify: https://www.studentclearinghouse.org/col...y-schools/

I think sending a transcript would be cheaper/easier unless the employer has a contract with NSC.

Edit: ED also has a database of accredited schools/programs at https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/