Dive Brief:

• The Louisiana Department of Education incorrectly billed various federal grantors nearly $100,000, an audit has found.
• Education Department staff say the errors have already been corrected.
• The state official in charge of education blamed a department restructuring last summer for the confusion.

Dive Insight:

The audit summary reads in part: "For the second consecutive year, DOE did not properly allocate federal payroll expenditures to the correct federal programs in accordance with the completed employee certifications. As a result, DOE may have to return $96,183 to a federal grantor." The management response in the full audit report says staff will undergo training to avoid similar errors in the future.