Department of Education

The objective of our audit was to determine whether Federal Student Aid (FSA) had established policies and procedures to mitigate the risk of servicers not servicing federally held student loans in accordance with Federal requirements. We assessed FSA’s operations as of September 2017. We found that...

This report provides a framework for training grant administrators and recipients of federal grant funds on practices for reducing the risk for grant fraud, including grant training content, additional sources of information for further guidance, and illustrative hypothetical scenarios that provide...

Our audit objectives were to determine whether the University of Houston completed verification of applicant data in accordance with Federal requirements and accurately reported verification results to Federal Student Aid (FSA). Our audit covered award year 2016–2017 (July 1, 2016, through June 30...

This reports on the activities and accomplishments of this office from April 1, 2018, through September 30, 2018. The audits, investigations, and related work highlighted in the report are products of our mission to identify and stop fraud, waste, and abuse, and promote accountability, efficiency...

Our audit objectives were to determine whether College of Southern Nevada completed verification of applicant data in accordance with Federal requirements and accurately reported verification results to Federal Student Aid (FSA). The audit covered award year 2016–2017 (July 1, 2016, through June 30...

Our audit objectives were to determine whether MiraCosta College (MiraCosta) completed verification of applicant data in accordance with Federal requirements and accurately reported verification results to Federal Student Aid (FSA). The audit covered award year 2016–2017 (July 1, 2016, through June...

The objective of our audit was to determine whether the Utah State Board of Education (Utah Education) implemented a system of internal control over calculating and reporting graduation rates sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that reported graduation rates were accurate and complete. We...

The Privacy Office did not have controls to ensure that it timely and effectively processed Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) complaints during our audit period. The Privacy Office had a longstanding and substantial backlog of unresolved FERPA complaints that prevented timely and...

Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) and Federal Student Aid’s (FSA) overall information technology security programs and practices were effective as they relate to Federal information security requirements. The Fiscal Year 2018 Inspector General...

The Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 requires the U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General to identify and report annually on the most serious management challenges the Department faces. The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 requires the...