U S Government Accountability Office (G
Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 24
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GAO assessed the quality of eight audits of bilingual education grants performed by the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG). GAO found that the OIG auditors did not always have a proper basis for either their conclusions or their recommendations in six audits that called for grant terminations. GAO also found that the auditors: (1) misinterpreted both the requirements of the Bilingual Education Act and departmental regulations, resulting in incorrect conclusions that the grantees had not complied with appropriate regulations and grant terms; (2) did not obtain legal advice on their interpretation of laws and regulations prior to issuing their reports; (3) did not support several of their conclusions with sufficient and relevant evidence; and (4) inappropriately recommended cost disallowances for projects they did not audit.