Department of Education

We found that OCFO’s audit followup process was not always effective and noted that OCFO did not close audits timely and did not adequately maintain documentation of its audit followup activities. Between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2013, OCFO closed 29 external OIG audits. Of the 29 closed...

We found that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) audit follow-up process was not always effective. Specifically, we found that although OSERS adequately maintained documentation of audit follow-up activities for the audits included in our review, it did not close...

We concluded that FSA’s external follow-up process was not always effective. We noted that FSA did not close audits timely and did not adequately maintain documentation of audit followup activities. We reported that while FSA had resolved a total of 36 external OIG audit reports between October 1...

Our audit found the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program (PDP) results reported by the Department’s Office of Special Education Programs to be encouraging; however, data limitations and quality issues limited stakeholders’ ability to assess PDP...

The auditors found that the Department’s FY 2014 Closing Package Financial Statements were presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The report noted the issues identified in the Department’s and FSA’s financial statements and the need for the Department and FSA to...

For FY 2014, both the Department and FSA received an unmodified (clean) opinion on their financial statements; however, the financial statement auditors identified one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting and one instance of reportable noncompliance. The significant...

For FY 2014, both the Department and FSA received an unmodified (clean) opinion on their financial statements; however, the financial statement auditors identified one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting and one instance of reportable noncompliance. The significant...

Our FY 2014 review found that the Department’s information technology security program generally complied with FISMA and related Office of Management and Budget information security standards and that the Department had made progress in strengthening its information security program; however, many...

We found that the Department did not have a comprehensive plan or strategy to prevent student loan default, and thus could not ensure various Department offices’ efforts were coordinated and consistent. We also found that the roles and responsibilities of the offices and personnel tasked with...

Our audit to determine whether FSA had controls in place to ensure that students who had met or exceeded the Pell grant lifetime eligibility limit did not receive additional Pell grants found that FSA had those controls in place. We found no errors when testing the accuracy of the Lifetime...