Department of Education

We found that the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) did not effectively implement Department requirements for the contractor personnel security screening process. We specifically noted weaknesses in IES’s development of internal policies and procedures, designation of contractpositions and...

We reported that the Indiana Department of Education did not provide adequate oversight to ensure that its system met minimum security requirements that included a creating System Security Plan, completing a compliance audit and risk assessment, and classifying its security level. We also reported...

The OIG’s contracted auditors found that the FY 2016 financial statements for the Department and FSA were presented fairly in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. However, the auditors identified two significant deficiencies in internal control over...

We determined that FSA had adopted and implemented new tools and processes in this area in response to the April 2015 closure of one of the largest for-profit education companies in the United States, but further improvements were needed. We reported that FSA needed to improve its processes for...

We found that the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) did not have adequate internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that data State vocational rehabilitation agencies submitted in their RSA-911 reports were accurate and complete. We found that RSA’s monitoring procedures did not...

In accordance with the Office of National Drug Control Policy Circular, “Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary,” we authenticated the Department’s accounting of FY 2016 drug control funds and performance measures for key drug control programs by expressing a conclusion about the...

In accordance with the Office of National Drug Control Policy Circular, “Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary,” we authenticated the Department’s accounting of FY 2016 drug control funds and performance measures for key drug control programs by expressing a conclusion about the...

We reported that Harvey Public School District 152 had designed policies that should have been sufficient to remediate most of the findings relevant to Title I, Part A that were disclosed in audit and monitoring reports. We concluded that Harvey Public School District 152 implemented the policies...

We reported that Wyandanch took corrective actions that should be sufficient to remediate all previously reported Title I-relevant findings included in audit reports issued from July 1, 2005, through December 31, 2015.

Our audit found that the Alabama State Department of Education’s (Alabama) system of internal control did not provide reasonable assurance that reported graduation rates were accurate and complete for the time period covered by our audit (school year 2013–2014). In addition, we found that Alabama...