Financial Aid Audits
| Tracking # |
19-01584-F |
| Submitted | May 29, 2019 |
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From: Vaughn Golden
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Annual federal student aid compliance audits for the following higher educations:
Ithaca College
953 Danby Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Cornell University
300 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Please include reports from all audit periods from 2016 to present. The audits I'm searching for were conducted under these guidelines: https://ifap.ed.gov/fsahandbook/attachments/1516FSAHbkVol2Ch4.pdf
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Vaughn Golden
From: Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General
Hello Vaughn,
The records you requested are not maintained by the Office of Inspector General. We have forwarded your request to the Department of Education's FOIA Service Center for handling.
FOIA Coordinator
Office of Inspector General
US Department of Education
From: Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General
Dear Vaughn Golden,
This is the Department's acknowledgment of your request for information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Your request was forwarded to the primary responsible office(s) for action.
Any future correspondence or questions regarding your request, please contact the FOIA Public Liaison at 202-401-8365 or Thank you. (mailto:EDFOIAManager@ed.gov) EDFOIAManager@ed.gov
ED FOIA Manager
FOIA Service Center
U.S. Department of Education
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 29, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #19-01584-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 29, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #19-01584-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General
Hello Vaughn,
As you will note from the email string below, we notified you on May 31 that the OIG does not maintain the records you seek and that we would forward your request to the Department’s FOIA Service Center. They confirmed receipt of your request on June 3 and provided their email address for follow up.
I have included their address on this reply so they now have your request for a status update.
FOIA Coordinator
Office of Inspector General
US Department of Education
From: Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
A fix is required to perfect the request.
From: Muckrock Staff
Hi there,
Could you please confirm that your office is processing this request? It was forwarded to your office.
Thank you.
__________________________
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Annual federal student aid compliance audits for the following higher educations:
Ithaca College
953 Danby Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Cornell University
300 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Please include reports from all audit periods from 2016 to present. The audits I'm searching for were conducted under these guidelines: https://ifap.ed.gov/fsahandbook/attachments/1516FSAHbkVol2Ch4.pdf
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Vaughn Golden
From: Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General
Good Morning,
This e-mail is in response to your request for a status on the subject FOIA request: REQUEST # 19-01584-F
Status: Closed
A final letter was sent on August 7, 2019 via mail/disk.
ED FOIA Manager
U.S. Department of Education
FOIA Service Center
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Room 218-52
Washington, DC 20202
FSC Hotline: (202) 401-8365
FSC Fax: (202) 401-0920