U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Audit Resolution Activities
Other · Department of Education OIG · 2023-11-15 · about Department of Education
Report
Title
U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Audit Resolution Activities
Submitting OIG
Department of Education OIG
Component agency
Department of Education
Type
Other
Publication date
2023-11-15
Summary
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.
Recommendations (2)
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Status
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1.1
Closed
We recommend that the Assistant Secretary, Office of Finance and Operations— Assess GRMSD’s future workloadbased on the anticipated volume and complexity of independent audits with potential HEERF findings that are likely to besubmitted through the…
1.2
Closed
We recommend that the Assistant Secretary, Office of Finance and Operations— Evaluate whether the staffing levelassigned to HEERF audit resolution activities is sufficient to support the timely and effective resolution of all outstandingand…