Federal Reports

Section 487(a)(17) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), requires postsecondary schools participating in Title IV programs to annually report data, including data relevant to students’ cost of attendance and financial aid and the schools’ graduation rates, to the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to the satisfaction of the Secretary. The objective of our inspection was to determine whether the University of Texas Permian Basin (UT Permian Basin) reported verifiable data to IPEDS for the 2021–2022 reporting period. We determined that the UT Permian Basin reported verifiable data to the Department’s IPEDS for the 2021-2022 reporting period. Specifically, all data elements that we selected and reviewed that the school reported through the Graduation Rates, Institutional Characteristics, and Student Financial Aid surveys for the 2021–2022 reporting period were supported by datasets, information system reports, or other records. Because all the data sets that we reviewed were verifiable, we do not make any recommendations in this report. However, our results are limited to the data sets we reviewed, and it is critical that the UT Permian Basin continue to report verifiable data to IPEDS. 

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Oklahoma City Healthcare System in Oklahoma. 

This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
     •    Culture
     •    Environment of care
     •    Patient safety
     •    Primary care
     •    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued three recommendations for improvement in two domains:
   1.    Environment of care
     •    Safe and accessible pathways to clinical areas
     •    Medical equipment preventive maintenance
   2.    Patient safety
     •    Recording leader attendance at meetings to monitor test result communication data

This semiannual report informs Congress of the Peace Corps Office of Inspector General's work from October1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.

The In-Office Cost System (IOCS) is the U.S. Postal Service’s primary probability sampling system used for estimating the cost of processing mail and parcels. The data collected from IOCS enables the Postal Service to allocate the labor costs from the handling of mail, parcels, and related activities performed by clerks, mail handlers, city carriers, and supervisors to all mail classes and rate categories. The Postal Service uses the data collected from IOCS to allocate about $21 billion per year in costs to mail products. The Postal Service uses the allocated costs to each mail category collected from IOCS to determine prices. Therefore, collecting consistent, accurate data is essential.