Agency
U.S. Department of Education
Documented money flows
- U.S. Department of Education to Ketchum, Inc., payment, $188,543.48, 2003-2004. Exhibit 861
- U.S. Department of Education to Ketchum, Inc., payment, $38,421.06, 2003-2004. Exhibit 860
- U.S. Department of Education to Ketchum, Inc., payment, $96,850.99, 2003-2004. Exhibit 860
Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity
- POL-6.17: Under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, Qatar was on 23 February 2026 the largest country of attribution for reported foreign gifts and contracts at U.S. colleges and universities, about $8.8 billion in about 1,300 transactions, and China was second at about $4.9 billion in about 8,000. The Education Department opened 19 Section 117 investigations from 2019 to 2021 under the first Trump Administration, none under the Biden Administration and four to date under the second Trump Administration.
- POL-6.18: A February 2019 staff report of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Portman (R) with Senator Carper (D) as ranking member, found that 33 of 48 schools required to report Hanban gifts above $250,000 did not, and that $36,089,456 of $51,526,181 that should have been reported for 2012 to 2018 was missing from Education Department data.
Exhibits naming this entity
- Exhibit 847 25 March 2026. Congressional Research Service: Section 117 of the Higher Education Act: Reporting of Foreign Gifts and Contracts, CRS In Focus IF12927 (updated 25 March 2026)
- Exhibit 848 February 2019. U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chairman Portman, Ranking Member Carper): China's Impact on the U.S. Education System, staff report of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations