Department of Education

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) works to promote efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity in the programs and operations of the U.S. Department of Education (Department). Through our audits, inspections, investigations, and other reviews, we continue to identify areas of concern within the...

During this period, we completed 43 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing more than $59.7 million in settlements, restitutions, fines, recoveries, forfeitures, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work...

During this period, we completed 35 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing more than $27 million in settlements, fines, recoveries, forfeitures, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal actions were...

During this period, we completed 48 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing more than $185.7 million in settlements, fines, recoveries, forfeitures, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal actions...

During this period, we completed 74 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing about $50 million in settlements, fines, restitutions, recoveries, forfeitures, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal...

During this period, we completed 35 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing more than $54 million in settlements, fines, restitutions, recoveries, forfeitures, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal...

During this period, we closed 68 investigations involving fraud or corruption related settlements, fines, restitutions, recoveries, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal actions were taken against a number of people, including school officials and service...

During this period, we closed 73 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing more than $18.7 million in settlements, fines, restitutions, recoveries, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal actions were...

During this period, we closed 74 investigations involving fraud or corruption related to the Department’s programs and operations, securing more than $44.8 million in settlements, fines, restitutions, recoveries, and savings. In addition, as a result of our investigative work, criminal actions were...

During this period, our audit work recommended actions for the Department to take to address identified weaknesses in the programs and operations we reviewed, and our investigative work led to significant criminal and civil actions, settlements, and other monetary returns totaling more than $33.3...