Reports

Department of Education OIG

U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Audit Resolution Activities

The report presents information on independent audits with findings pertaining to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) and audit resolution activities conducted by the U.S. Department of Education. Our review focused on independent audits of HEERF recipients from April 2020 through June 2023. We found that the number of independent audits with findings pertaining to HEERF and requiring resolution by the Office of Finance and Operations (OFO) increased significantly over the past few years, as did the number of audits with complex findings as determined by OFO staff. However, the...

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Other | 11/15/2023

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 8/09/2023

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Navajo Nation Tribal Government's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds (Redacted)

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Other | 8/08/2023

1-1 - Open

Treasury OIG should follow-up on Navajo Nation management's corrective action related to $141,187 in questioned costs reported in Single Audit finding number 2020-009.

1-2 - Open

Treasury OIG should follow-up to obtain the status of the Navajo Nation's 2021 Single Audit.

2-1 - Open

3-1 - Open

4-1 - Open

5-1 - Open

Treasury OIG should follow-up with Navajo Nation management to obtain missing documentation to support expenditures and that Navajo Nation has made necessary reporting corrections; and determine the feasibility of performing a focused audit for Aggregate Payments to individuals with a specific focus on Navajo Nation's non-payroll COVID-19 hardship claims and payroll expenditures for employees substantially dedicated to COVID-19 recovery efforts.

6-1 - Open

Treasury OIG should confirm that Navajo Nation management has reversed $(Amount Redacted) in duplicate hardship check payments that were fraudulently cashed by tribal citizens and recorded by management within the Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment type in the Cycle 3 GrantSolutions submission.

7-1 - Open

Treasury OIG should ensure Navajo Nation management re-issued $(Amount Redacted) in stale-dated checks before the end of December 31, 2022 and ensure that checks were cashed by the beneficiaries, or funds are returned to Treasury.

9-1 - Open

Treasury OIG should ensure Navajo Nation management has reversed the $(Amount Redacted) in sub-recipient incurred costs that they determined to be ineligible as a result of their internal investigation.

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 8/08/2023

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Navajo Nation Tribal Government's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds (Redacted)

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 8/08/2023

Department of Education OIG

Federal Student Aid’s Use of Pandemic Assistance Student Aid Administration Funds

We found that as of November 30, 2022, FSA obligated nearly 100 percent of the $161.1 million in appropriations it received for pandemic assistance student aid administration funds. Nine FSA business units obligated approximately $157.8 million (98 percent) of the total pandemic assistance student aid administration funds, with one business unit, the Next Gen FSA Program Office, accounting for 78 percent of the obligations. The pandemic assistance student aid administration funds were used for personnel compensation and benefits, information technology systems and services contracts, and...

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Native Village of Point Hope’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 7/28/2023

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of State of Ohio’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 7/27/2023

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of the State of Tennessee’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 7/26/2023

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Reports

U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Audit Resolution Activities

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

Desk Review of Navajo Nation Tribal Government's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds (Redacted)

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

Desk Review of Navajo Nation Tribal Government's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds (Redacted)

Desk Review of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

Federal Student Aid’s Use of Pandemic Assistance Student Aid Administration Funds

Desk Review of Native Village of Point Hope’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

Desk Review of State of Ohio’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

Desk Review of the State of Tennessee’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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