K-12 programs face risks as feds stop key waste monitoring, watchdog says
A GAO report warns that the U.S. Department of Education's suspension of waste monitoring processes puts billions in K-12 funding at risk of fraud and abuse.
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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