Department of Education

We performed this audit to determine whether Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) has sufficient processes for overseeing vocational rehabilitation (VR) program grantees’ effective use of funds in compliance with applicable requirements. We found that RSA generally had sufficient processes...

The inspection sought to determine whether the Federal Student Aid office (FSA) established performance measures and indicators for returning borrowers to repayment. We found that FSA needed to establish effective performance measures and indicators to evaluate its performance for returning...

We performed this review to determine whether the Burlington Community School District (Burlington) expended Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant funds for allowable purposes in accordance with applicable requirements. We determined that all the ESSER expenditures we...

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) requires OIGs to annually assess the effectiveness of the agency’s information security program. Each independent evaluation must include a test of the effectiveness of information security policies, procedures, and practices of a...

The objective of our audit was to determine whether FSA was effectively implementing the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act and the FAFSA Simplification Act provisions pertaining to Federal Tax Information (FTI) through the Student Aid and Borrower...

We conducted a review to determine the Federal Student Aid office’s (FSA) actions to mitigate risks associated with the verification of identities in the FSA ID account creation process. Although we found that FSA had implemented controls to address identity verification risks associated with FSA ID...

We conducted an audit to determine whether the Federal Student Aid office (FSA) has effective plans for transitioning assigned activities to itsBusiness Process Operations (BPO) vendors and the status of the transition. We found that FSA has not developed effective plans for transitioning assigned...

We performed our inspection to determine whether the U.S. Department of Education (Department) ensured that contractors and grantees notified employees in writing of the whistleblower protections provided under 41 United States Code 4712 (Section 4712). We found that the Department did not...

This statutory report presents the activities and accomplishments of the OIG from October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. The audits, investigations, and related work highlighted in the report are products of our mission to identify and stop fraud, waste, and abuse; and promote accountability...

The objective of our audit was to determine whether the Department complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for FY 2023. We found that the Department complied with the PIIA for the FY 2023 reporting period because it met all six compliance requirements; however, it could...