Eye on ED
Your source for information about audits, investigations, and other work by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General. Tune in for the latest news on our efforts to find and stop fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal education programs, operations, and funding.
Episodes
11 episodes
Student Aid Fraud Rings
Student Aid Fraud Rings – What They Are, Who They Target, What’s Being Done to Stop Them.
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Episode 12
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26:13
Nonfederal Audits and the OIG
Thousands of entities like school districts and universities participate in Federal education programs and receive Federal education funds each year. Who helps ensure that those entities expended those funds appropriately? Nonfederal auditors! ...
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Episode 11
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14:42
Estafas de Préstamos Estudiantiles y Cómo Evitarlos
Estoy segura de que todos nuestros oyentes en alguna manera tienen experiencia con los préstamos estudiantiles. Algunos han sacado un préstamo para pagar sus estudios universitarios, otros quizás han ayudado a sus hijos obtener un préstamo, o c...
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Episode 10
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21:40
Don't Get Caught by Student Loan Scams!
Cyber criminals and fraudsters are targeting student loan borrowers with schemes and scams aimed at separating you from your money, stealing your personal information, or both. The impact of falling victim to these scams can be severe—your iden...
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Episode 9
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15:09
Whistleblower Protections
July 30 is National Whistleblower Appreciation Day—a day our nation celebrates the brave individuals who step forward to report fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing in government programs, sometimes at great personal risk. Their contribution...
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14:43
Protecting Federal K–12 Funds from Fraud
You’ve probably read the headlines in newspapers. School officials—some very senior officials like school superintendents and school board members—have gone to prison for stealing or otherwise abusing Federal education funds. In our Semiannual ...
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Episode 6
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14:05
Education OIG Work on Improper Payments
In this episode, we talk about the Education OIG's work involving improper payments. Improper payments are payments made by the government to the wrong person, in the wrong amount, or for the wrong reason. Identifying and recovering improper pa...
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Episode 5
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11:07
Proteger los Fondos de Recuperación por Desastre del Desperdicio, el Fraude, el Abuso y la Actividad Criminal
Bienvenidos a un episodio especial de Eye on ED—el podcast oficial de la Oficina del Inspector General del Departamento de Educación. La Oficina del Inspector General tiene una parte crítica en el proceso federal para la recuperación de desastr...
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Episode 4
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11:18
Education OIG Oversight of Disaster Recovery Efforts
When you think about natural disasters, like hurricanes or wildfires, and the Federal response to those disasters, you are probably thinking about FEMA, not the U.S. Department of Education. Yet the Department received about $2.7 billion to hel...
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Episode 3
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11:57
Education OIG Audit of FSA Oversight of Student Loan Servicing
Join us as we talk with Howard Sorensen, Assistant Counsel to the InspectorGeneral, and Greg Bernert, an auditor from the Education OIG Chicago office. They will talk to us about an Education OIG audit of Federal Student Aid, or FSA, oversi...
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Episode 2
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11:23
Education OIG Audit of the Department’s processing of Family Education Rights and Privacy Act complaints
What can happen if the U.S. Department of Education doesn't comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, commonly referred to as FERPA? FERPA grants rights and protections to students related to the personal information in their e...
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Episode 1
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