Reports

Department of Education OIG

Duplicate Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grant Awards

This flash report presents our finding concerning duplicate Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grant awards to institutions of higher education.1 This report includes a recommendation to enhance the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) ability to prevent, identify, and correct duplicate HEERF grant awards. We identified 25 duplicate HEERF grant awards that OPE made to 24 schools, totaling about $73 million, which had not been corrected and documented in G5 as of August 2021. OPE officials stated that their processes for reviewing and approving HEERF applications and awards...

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Other | 6/09/2022

Department of Labor OIG

Pandemic Response and Accountability: Reducing Fraud and Expanding Access to COVID-19 Relief through Effective Oversight

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Payment

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Other | 12/28/2021

Department of Education OIG

Review of State Plans for Use of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Funds

The objectives of our review were to review States’ initial 45-day GEER Fund reports to determine how States plan to allocate funds to entities within the three authorized categories: local educational agencies (LEA), institutions of higher education (IHE), and education-related entities, and the criteria upon which these decisions were based; and review GEER Fund annual reports to identify changes to and progress made from the initial plans in the 45-day reports. We found that within the three authorized entity categories, 45 States (87 percent) planned to allocate GEER funds to LEAs, 39...

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Termination Memorandum – Audit of Air Carrier Worker Support Certifications – West Air, Inc. (Redacted)

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Department of Education OIG

Inconsistent Grantee and Subgrantee Reporting of Education Stabilization Fund Subprograms in the Federal Audit Clearinghouse

The purpose of this flash report is to share with the U.S. Department of Education (Department) observations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) concerning grantees and subgrantees inconsistently reporting audit data on Department subprograms, or unique components of a program, to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC), the designated repository of single audit data. We found that grantees and subgrantees are not consistently reporting expenditures of Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) subprogram awards in the FAC. Specifically, when entering Federal award information into the Data...

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Department of Education OIG

Fraud Reporting Requirements for Federal Program Participants and Auditors

This guide summarizes the fraud reporting requirements most relevant to entities receiving pandemic relief funds and auditors of those entities.

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Department of Labor OIG

Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Does Not Require the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to Report Suspected Unemployment Insurance Fraud Data to the Office of Inspector General or the Employment and Training…

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Other | 7/01/2021

Department of Labor OIG

Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Issue Guidance to Ensure State Workforce Agencies Provide Requested Unemployment Insurance Data to the Office of Inspector General

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Other | 6/16/2021

1 - Open

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training: Amend 20 CFR 603.5 and 603.6(a) through the rulemaking process to reinforce that UI information must be provided to DOL OIG for all IG engagements authorized under the IG Act, including audits, evaluations, and investigations.

2 - Open

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training: Issue a new UIPL within 15 days of this memorandum to instruct SWAs that disclosure of information to the OIG for audits, evaluations, and investigations is mandatory without need for a subpoena, and that the OIG will notify SWAs directly of current and future information disclosure requirements, to include data elements.

3 - Open

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training: Ensure the new UIPL guidance advises SWAs that they may not require the OIG to enter into data sharing agreements as a prerequisite to disclosure of information to the OIG for audits, consistent with the IG Act and federal law.

4 - Closed

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training: Ensure revisions to UIPL 04-17 advise SWAs that data sharing agreements are not required when sharing UI claim and wage data with the OIG for fraud investigations. The revised UIPL should make clear that SWAs shall share UI claim and wage data with the OIG for fraud detection and investigative purposes, not limiting the sharing to investigations into a particular instance of suspected UI fraud.

5 - Closed

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training: Continue to work with the OIG, and within 30 days of the memorandum, meet with the OIG to develop a permanent approach for OIG access to UI data.

Department of the Treasury OIG

American Rescue Plan- Application of Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Relief Fund

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Other | 5/17/2021

1-1 - Closed

Treasury management should finalize guidance concurrent with funds distribution in order to facilitate efficient administration of programs and minimize recipient confusion and misuse of funds.

2-1 - Closed

Treasury management should document its analysis of the applicability of grant requirements under 2 Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR) for each American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) program in its implementation plan as required by Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-21-20 (OMB M-21-20).

2-2 - Closed

Treasury management should apply the requirements of 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to Federal financial assistance funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) to the maximum extent authorized by law.

2-3 - Closed

Treasury management should require signed agreements documenting standard terms and conditions before disbursing American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds to recipients.

3-1 - Closed

Treasury management should conduct and document an information technology (IT) investment analysis as required by the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Memorandum M-21-20, and Circulars A-130 and A-11 before making the decision to implement the grants Quality Service Management Offices (QSMO) system, GrantSolutions, Salesforce, or another solution for the execution of American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) programs.

4-1 - Closed

Treasury management should develop performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) program funding in assisting with pandemic relief goals.

4-2 - Closed

Treasury management should include recipient reporting requirements in written agreements to facilitate this process and ensure that needed information is collected quarterly.

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Reports

Duplicate Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grant Awards

Pandemic Response and Accountability: Reducing Fraud and Expanding Access to COVID-19 Relief through Effective Oversight

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Payment

Review of State Plans for Use of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Funds

Termination Memorandum – Audit of Air Carrier Worker Support Certifications – West Air, Inc. (Redacted)

Inconsistent Grantee and Subgrantee Reporting of Education Stabilization Fund Subprograms in the Federal Audit Clearinghouse

Fraud Reporting Requirements for Federal Program Participants and Auditors

Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Does Not Require the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to Report Suspected Unemployment Insurance Fraud Data to the Office of Inspector General or the Employment and Training…

Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Issue Guidance to Ensure State Workforce Agencies Provide Requested Unemployment Insurance Data to the Office of Inspector General

American Rescue Plan- Application of Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Relief Fund

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