A Report on State of Texas Compliance with Federal Requirements for the Student Financial Assistance Cluster for the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2013: Searching Inside

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... institutions were Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College - Orange, Lamar University, Texas State... institutions were Lamar University, Texas A&tM University, Texas State Technical College - Waco, Texas Tech... College - Orange, Lamar University, Sam Houston State University, Texas A&tM University, Texas State... of Texas at Austin, and the University of Texas San Antonio. Auditors classified the finding at the Lamar... Technical College - Harlingen, Texas Tech University, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY Recommendation: Periodically review user access to its network, the Banner... application, the Banner database, and the Banner severs, and document those reviews. Lamar University... acknowledges and agrees with the finding. a. Network: Lamar University network logons are governed... by affiliations with the university. Lamar University acknowledges the findings and will establish review cycles..., 2014 Responsible Person: Srinivas Varadaraj b. Banner Application: Lamar University's Information

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY Responsible Person: Srinivas Varadaraj b. Banner Application: Lamar University.... Implementation Date: April 2014 Responsible Person: Dale Lack c. Banner Database: Lamar University.... Banner Servers: Lamar University IT leadership with responsibilities of the Banner ERP environment (Sr... in accordance with the University's password policy. Lamar University acknowledges the finding..., and the Banner database in accordance with the University's password policy. Lamar University acknowledges

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY Implementation Date: October 2013 Responsible Persons: Chris Baur and Jill... accounts when accessing production database and servers. Lamar University acknowledges and agrees... processes for those accounts. Lamar University acknowledges and agrees with the finding. Formal... University acknowledges and agrees with the finding. a. Network: Lamar University network logons are governed... by affiliations with the university. Lamar University acknowledges the findings and will establish review cycles

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..., Chancellors, and Presidents of the Following Higher Education Institutions Angelo State University Lamar... Institute of Technology Lamar Stage College - Orange Lamar University Prairie View A&M University Sam... Houston State University Stephen F. Austin State University Texas A&M International University Texas A&M... University Texas A&M University - Commerce Texas Southern University Texas State Technical College -... University Texas Tech University Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Texas Woman's University

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................................................. 14 Lamar State College - Orange.............................................. 20 Lamar University...: Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs.................. 14 Lamar Institute of Technology... ............................................................. 23 Sam Houston State University.............................................. 32 Texas A&M... University.......................................................... 36 Texas A&M University - Commerce... ............................ 58 Texas State University....................................................... 65 Texas Tech

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY The setting for this is not compliant with the password policy. LU acknowledges...'s password policy. Lamar University acknowledges that the logons to its enterprise Banner applications... the application under the university's single credential umbrella (Lamar Electronic Access [LEA]). This will allow...: Srinivas Varadaraj b. The Banner application, and the Banner database in accordance with the University... are not compliant with the published university password policy. To remediate this finding, IT Services

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY - Follow its Administrative/Special Access Policy by documenting with the office... individuals use those accounts when accessing production database and servers. Lamar University acknowledges... to align with the University's existing processes for those accounts. Lamar University acknowledges... and those members of the Lamar University DBA team who have access to the passwords to those accounts... that policy to align with the University's existing processes for those accounts. - Periodically review user

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... of Technology Lamar State College - Orange Lamar University Sam Houston State University Texas A&M University... the Student Financial Assistance Cluster: Higher Education Institution Lamar Institute of Technology... University of Texas at Arlington Compliance Requirement Special Tests and Provisions - Verification Special... in the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs as items: Higher Education Institution Lamar Institute

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... deficiencies: Higher Education Institution Lamar Institute of Technology Lamar State College - Orange Lamar... University Sam Houston State University Texas A&M University Texas A&M University - Commerce Texas State... Texas State University Texas Tech University Compliance Requirement Eligibility Eligibility Eligibility

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... Orange Lamar University Sam Houston State University Texas A&M University Texas A&M University - Commerce... For the State of Texas for the Year Ended August 31. 2013 Lamar Institute of Technology Lamar State College -... College - West Texas Texas State University Texas Tech University Texas Tech University Health Sciences... Center University of Houston University of Houston - Victoria University of North Texas University... of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at San Antonio Total Audited

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... Assistance - Lamar In Cluster funds to eligible students or did not - Lamar... St always award the correct amount. - Lamar U m Sam Hou At 14 higher.... ucation Institutions Audited stitute of Technology. ate College - Orange. university. ston State... University. :M University. :M University - ce. ate Technical College - n. ate Technical College - ate... Technical College - ,as. ate University. ch University. ch University Health Center. y of Houston. y

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY Lamar University Reference No. 2013-105 Eligibility Student Financial Assistance..., United States Code, Chapter 28, Subchapter IV, Section 108711). Lamar University (University) has... for three-quarter-time, half-time, and less-than-half-time enrollment. The University sets each of its rates based... for the area in which the University is located. The school's financial aid system automatically applies... the COA based on a student's academic schedule. For 1 (3 percent) of 40 students tested, the University

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY umbrella (Lamar Electronic Access [LEA]). This will allow the Banner application... tested, Lamar University (University) did not accurately verify all required items on the FAFSA.... Specifically, the applicant's parent reported paying $24,000 in child support, but the University did... not verify that because of a manual error. As a result, the University did not request an updated ISIR... for the student at the time of verification. Based on information the University provided, that error resulted

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..., Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar University, Texas State Technical College - Harlingen, Texas State... Assistance Cluster funds to the federal government when students withdrew. Specifically: The University.... That finding was classified as a material weakness and material non-compliance. Texas Tech University did... not always return unearned Student Financial Assistance Cluster funds in a timely manner. The University... and in a timely manner. The University of Texas at San Antonio did not always return unearned Student Financial

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... Summary Schedule of Prior Year Audit Findings ...............120 Angelo State University... ...................................................... 120 Lamar Institute of Technology.............................................. 125 Prairie View... A&M University................................................. 126 Sam Houston State University.................................................. 134 Stephen F. Austin State University......................................... 135 Texas A&M... International University........................................ 136 Texas A&M University

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... LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - ORANGE Lamar State College - Orange Reference No. 2013-103 Eligibility..., CFR, Section 668.2). Lamar State College - Orange (College) established different COA budgets... inconsistently or incorrectly calculated the student's COA. That occurred because of manual errors the University

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... to authenticate to the Banner production servers. In addition, three Lamar University DBAs and three third-party... LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Not properly verifying FAFSA information can result in the Institute

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY General Controls Institutions shall maintain internal control over federal... Circular A-133, Subpart C, Section 300 (b)). The University did not maintain adequate user access controls.... The University's Administrative/Special Access Policy (Policy 10.02.02, Section 4) prohibits the sharing... to identify and log the individual users who access systems. In addition, three University DBAs and three... by the Oracle database, when performing administrative tasks on the Banner production database. The University

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... LAMAR UNIVERSITY error; and (5) the procedures for making referrals under Title 34, CFR, Section... to calculate the EFC (Title 34, CFR, Section 668.53). The University's policies and procedures for its... verification process did not include all of the required elements. Specifically, the University's verification... inadequate policies and procedures increases the risk that the University may not perform verification... A-133, Subpart C, Section 300 (b)). The University did not maintain adequate user access controls to its