Department of Education

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...

Our audit found that additional safeguards and improvements were needed for the Department’s adaptation of Federal student aid (Title IV) requirements and guidance to mitigate the unique risks inherent in distance education and for the Department’s, accrediting agencies’, and State agencies’...

Our audit sought to determine whether OPE’s internal controls were adequate for evaluating grantees for duplication of effort; whether the Talent Search, Upward Bound, and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) programs resulted in duplication of services provided...

We found that FSA did not effectively monitor borrower complaints against the PCAs or make sure that the complaints were satisfactorily resolved, did not ensure that the PCAs were adhering to Federal debt collection laws, and did not consider complaints when deciding how much to compensate PCAs. As...