# Education OIG Investigates Labor Grant Administration

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General is investigating how Education manages its interagency agreement with the Department of Labor, which administers most of Education’s higher education programs. Labor has taken on a greater role for roughly a year, and the probe raises oversight and continuity concerns for affected grant programs as responsibilities shift between agencies.

- Contractors and grantees working on affected programs should verify which agency currently administers each program and handles its related processes.
- The Inspector General’s findings may clarify oversight and administration of the interagency agreement; organizations should use updates on the probe and agency responsibility changes to inform program planning.
- The signal identifies no contract value, solicitation, or award opportunity, so the immediate procurement relevance is potential administrative change and continuity risk rather than a new competition.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Education
**Topics:** Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General (ED OIG)
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)