Department of Transportation

Our Objective(s)To evaluate DOT Operating Administrations' implementation of National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) priority actions, monitoring of progress, and measurement of success. Specifically, we assessed DOT's (1) identification and implementation of NRSS priority actions and (2) procedures...

Our Objective(s)To assess the Department of Transportation's (DOT) (1) progress implementing the Federal policy on return to in person work and (2) procedures for overseeing compliance with worksite requirements. Why This AuditSenators Joni Ernst and Ted Cruz requested that our office review DOT's...

Our Objective(s)To assess FTA's determinations of applicants' progress toward meeting Transit Asset Management (TAM) performance targets prior to awarding Capital Investment Grants (CIG). Why This AuditThe CIG Program provides discretionary grants for the construction and expansion of transit...

Our Objective(s)To determine whether Cherry Bekaert LLP's revised audit work complied with the Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended; the Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Guidance; and the extent to which we could rely on the auditor's work on the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT)...

Our Objective(s)To assess FHWA's process for approving Advanced Transportation Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Reimbursements grant program (ATCMTD) disbursements by reviewing and verifying that program disbursements are supported and valid. Why This AuditFHWA's ATCMTD grant program...

Our Objective(s) To assess the extent to which the Office of the Secretary of Transportation's (OST) use of working capital funds aligns with advance funding agreements for costs and types of services provided to customers. Why This Audit The Department of Transportation (DOT) budgeted approximately...

Our Objective(s) To assess the Department of Transportation's (DOT) (1) process for reviewing consumer complaints for airline ticket refunds and (2) efforts to hold airlines accountable for providing timely refunds to consumers. Why This Audit As the airline industry began to respond to and recover...

Our Objective(s) To assess (1) FAA's assignment of risk levels to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) grant recipients, and (2) the impact of the assigned risk levels on FAA's IIJA oversight efforts. Why This Audit IIJA provides $20 billion over fiscal years 2022-2026 for three grant...

Our Objective(s) To assess FHWA's policies and procedures for overseeing States' compliance with Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRRSAA) requirements and tracking and monitoring CRRSAA funds. Why This Audit CRRSAA provided $10 billion to FHWA for Highway...

Our Objective(s) To assess the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) actions to address the 24 recommendations from National Academy of Public Administration's (NAPA) 2021 report specified by Congress. Specifically, we assessed MARAD's progress in addressing the 24 specified recommendations and...