Department of Education

The SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Inspector General of a Federal agency that participates in the SBIR or STTR programs must submit an annual report to Congress describing...

The SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Inspector General of a Federal agency that participates in the SBIR or STTR programs must submit an annual report to Congress describing...

The SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Inspector General of a Federal agency that participates in the SBIR or STTR programs must submit an annual report to Congress describing...

The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (Washington) had an adequate oversight process in place to ensure that (1) local educational agencies’ (LEA) American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief...

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...

Our objective was to determine the Department’s processes for (1) overseeing proprietary institutions’ compliance with 90/10 revenue requirements and (2) reporting of 90/10 revenue information to Congress and the public. We found that the Federal Student Aid office (FSA) had several processes for...

The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the University of Southern California (1) applied and documented its use of professional judgment, including dependency override, in accordance with sections 479A and 480(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended and (2) reported its use...

The initial objective of our audit was to determine whether the Department had a process for handling embargoed regulations and protocols related to the protection of sensitive information for Department staff involved in the negotiated rulemaking process. A few months into our fieldwork, we...

Our objective was to describe the extent to which the Federal Student Aid office (FSA) identifies individuals who belong to underserved communities and performs outreach to those identified individuals. We found that FSA provided general outreach to individuals, some of whom were part of underserved...

The objective of our audit was to determine whether the Department designed and implemented processes that provided reasonable assurance that Charter Schools Program Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (Replication and...