Department of Education

The objective of our audit was to determine whether Federal Student Aid (FSA) designed and implemented processes that provided reasonable assurance that it reallocated unexpended award year 2016–2017 campus-based student financial assistance program funds in accordance with the Hurricanes Harvey...

The objective of our inspection was to describe Federal Student Aid’s (FSA) control activities over institutional processes for completing verification and reporting verification results in accordance with Federal requirements.We found that FSA implemented control activities over institutional...

Summary of accomplishments and activities the U.S. Department of Education OIG completed from October 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021

The purpose of this report is to share with the U.S. Department of Education (Department) observations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) concerning institutions of higher education (IHE) that ceased to provide educational instruction in all programs of study (closed) and received or had...

The objectives of our audit were to: 1. Review the payment integrity section of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Agency Financial Report (AFR) to determine whether the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is in compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA). 2. Evaluate the...

The objective of our audit was to determine whether the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dismissed discrimination complaints in accordance with applicable policies and procedures. Specifically, we determined whether (1) complaints initially dismissed as a result of the March 2018 revision to OCR’s Case...

The objectives of our inspection were to determine (1) the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) process for assessing the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and School’s (ACICS) compliance with Federal regulatory criteria for recognition, and (2) what evidence the Department...

The objective of our inspection was to determine (1) whether selected institutions receiving funds under the Institutional Portion of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) met public reporting requirements and (2) the reported usage of the Institutional Portion of HEERF by selected...

The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the Florida Department of Education (Florida) established and implemented systems of internal control that ensured (1) displaced student count data provided to the U.S. Department of Education (Department) were accurate and complete, (2)...

The objective of our inspection was to assess the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) plans and procedures for returning employees to the federal office in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, including what existing guidance the Department considered when developing its plans and...