Federal Reports

This required external peer review was conducted in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Inspection and Evaluation Committee guidance as contained in the CIGIE Guide for Conducting External Peer Reviews of Inspection and Evaluation Organizations of Federal Offices of Inspector General (December 2020 and December 2021). The peer review was conducted from May 16, 2023 through July 28, 2023.

This report contains information about recommendations from the OIG's audits, evaluations, reviews, and other reports that the OIG had not closed as of the specified date because it had not determined that the Department of Justice (DOJ) or a non-DOJ federal agency had fully implemented them. The list omits information that DOJ determined to be limited official use or classified, and therefore unsuitable for public release.The status of each recommendation was accurate as of the specified date and is subject to change. Specifically, a recommendation identified as not closed as of the specified date may subsequently have been closed.

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 overseeing proprietary institutions’ compliance with 90/10 revenue requirements. Specifically, the FSA system used by institutions to submit their financial statements (eZ-Audit system) calculated 90/10 revenue percentages for proprietary institutions based on the audited financial statements submitted, acceptability reviews of financial statements, quality control reviews of financial statements, possible sanctions against proprietary institutions that do not meet 90/10 revenue requirements, and guidance issued on 90/10 revenue requirements. We also found that the Department was late to report proprietary institutions’ 90/10 revenue information to Congress for all 5 award years we reviewed (2016–2017 to 2020–2021). In addition, the Department’s 90/10 revenue report to Congress for award year 2019–2020 was incomplete. Finally, the Department did not publicly disclose the proprietary institutions that did not meet 90/10 revenue requirements on the College Navigator website as required by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. Instead, the Department identified the proprietary institutions that did not meet 90/10 revenue requirements on the Department’s College Affordability and Transparency Center website.

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Our objective was to evaluate mail delivery operations at selected locations in the Kansas-Missouri District. We reviewed reported delayed mail and interviewed local management and employees. We conducted site observations at 10 postal stations and one mail processing facility.