U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General FY 2023 Annual Plan

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) annual plan identifies the audits, inspections, and other activities that the OIG intends to undertake to assist the Department in fulfilling its responsibilities to America's citizens and students. The FY 2023 Annual Plan details the assignment areas and resources they plan to devote to evaluations of the efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity of Department programs and operations. It aligns the OIG's work and resources to achieve their mission, meet the goals of their Strategic Plan (see ED620770), and focuses attention across challenge areas to the Department. The activities presented in the FY 2023 Work Plan are conducted under the OIG's first Strategic Plan goal. These activities were developed in consideration of factors that include an assessment of risk to the Department's programs and operations, the OIG's mission and goals, stakeholder feedback, FY 2023 management challenges, and resource availability. These activities are outlined in four priority areas: (1) specialized work specific to pandemic relief and disaster recovery, (2) Federal student aid programs and operations, (3) K-12 grant programs and operations, and (4) Department management and operations. At the end of the work plan, we include a table that correlates the FY 2023 Work Plan projects to the FY 2023 Management Challenges.