Department of Education

We found that the Department complied with IPERA for FY 2013; however, improvements were needed in its improper payment rate estimation methodologies for the Federal Pell Grant and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programs, specifically with regard to ensuring the methodologies’ completeness. We...

Overall, we found that the Department had generally implemented the GPRA Modernization Act as required, but it could improve its disclosures related to congressional input and data verification and validation. Specifically, the Department did not identify on Performance.gov how congressional views...

We found that the Rehabilitation Services Administration appears to have met the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program objectives by training recipients who subsequently performed work related to the program and that the majority of those in our sample were working in acceptable employment...

Our audit examined the extent to which RTT grantees adhered to timelines established in their applications and related scopes of work and achieved project performance measures and goals, and the effectiveness of the Department’s oversight of RTT grantees to ensure that funds were used as intended...

The Department received an unmodified opinion on its FY 2013 closing package financial statements. No material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting were identified, nor were there instances of reportable noncompliance with selected provisions of laws or regulations. The closing...

For FY 2013, both the Department and FSA received unmodified opinions on their financial statements. Although it no longer noted a material weakness, the FY 2013 audit reports noted a significant deficiency in internal controls over financial reporting surrounding some loan servicing systems...

For FY 2013, both the Department and FSA received unmodified opinions on their financial statements. Although it no longer noted a material weakness, the FY 2013 audit reports noted a significant deficiency in internal controls over financial reporting surrounding some loan servicing systems...

Our FY 2013 FISMA review found that the Department had made progress in remediating issues identified in previous FISMA reviews. Specifically, it complied with 4 of the 11 reporting metrics: continuous monitoring, plan of action and milestones, contractor systems, and security capital planning...

We found that the Los Angeles Unified School District designed internal controls that provided reasonable assurance that its personnel used Department funds for nonpayroll purchases in accordance with applicable Federal requirements. In addition to its own system of controls, the District was also...

Our audit found that the Department and the five SEAs reviewed had systems of internal control designed to prevent and detect inaccurate, unreliable, or incomplete Statewide test results; however, these systems did not always require corrective action if indicators of inaccurate, unreliable, or...