Is Almeda University accredited by any agency accepted by the Dept. of Education?

No they are not, they are very clear about it on their web site ( or at least were some months ago)

We have dozens of other threads about them if you wish to do a search at the top of the page.
Here is one of them
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/distance-learning/almeda-university-29364.html?highlight=almeda