Department of Education

The objectives of our audit were to determine whether Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore (1) applied and documented its use of professional judgment in accordance with section 479A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and (2) reported its use of professional judgment in...

The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of Missouri (Missouri) designed and implemented awarding processes that ensured that the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER grant) was used to support local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education...

The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Massachusetts) ensured that (1) displaced student count data provided to the U.S. Department of Education (Department) were accurate and complete, (2) Temporary Emergency Impact...

The objective of our review was to evaluate the Department of Education’s plans and processes to ensure Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grantees receive full-time credit toward their service obligations for part-time and temporarily interrupted service due to...

The objectives of our review were to review States’ initial 45-day GEER Fund reports to determine how States plan to allocate funds to entities within the three authorized categories: local educational agencies (LEA), institutions of higher education (IHE), and education-related entities, and the...

KPMG LLP audited the consolidated financial statements of the Federal Student Aid, a component of the United States Department of Education, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2021 and 2020, and related consolidated statements of net cost, and changes in the net...

KPMG LLP audited the consolidated financial statements of the United States Department of Education, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of net cost, and changes in net position, and combined statements of...

The objectives of our audit were to assess the 1) completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and quality of the Department’s fiscal year 2020, fourth quarter financial and award data (Files A, B, C, D1, and D2) submitted for publication on USASpending.gov (submissions); and 2) Department’s implementation...

Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) overall information technology (IT) security programs and practices were effective as they relate to Federal information security requirements.The Department made several improvements in implementing its...