Department of Education

FSA, a principal office of the U.S. Department of Education, is required by law to produce an annual report, which details the organization’s fiscal year financial and program performance. The Federal Student Aid FY 2022 Annual Report (Annual Report) is a comprehensive document that provides an...

In accordance with the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, the Department’s framework for performance management begins with the Strategic Plan, which serves as the foundation for establishing and implementing priorities, highlighting performance goals and objectives, and developing performance...

Our objective was to determine whether the University of Cincinnati (University) used the Student Aid (Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.425E) and Institutional (ALN 84.425F) portions of its Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) funds for allowable and intended purposes.The University...

The objective of our audit was to determine the extent to which Federal Student Aid (FSA) had processes for planning and managing the transition to the Next Generation (Next Gen) loan servicing environment to achieve the project’s intended outcomes.Although FSA had processes in place for planning...

Our objective was to review the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) decision - making process for terminating its private collection agency (PCA) contracts.The decision to terminate the PCA contracts is part of an ongoing, multiyear Departmental strategy to overhaul student loan servicing...

The objective of our inspection was to determine the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) compliance with Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI) reporting requirements.We found that the Department is not complying with ESI reporting requirements. The Department has not published a comprehensive...

The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 defines major management challenges as programs or management functions that are vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and where a failure to perform well could seriously affect the ability of the U.S. Department of...

In accordance with the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, this report presents the results of ED OIG's work over fiscal year 2022 in meeting its performance goals.

Our annual plan identifies the audits, inspections, and other activities that the OIG intends to undertake to assist the U.S. Department of Education in fulfilling its responsibilities to America’s citizens and students.

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