Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtSince 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program has obligated more than $3.18 billion to eligible airports each fiscal year for airport development and planning. At the direction of Congress, FAA published its Policy and Procedures Concerning the...

What We Looked AtExtreme weather events, including those potentially caused by effects of climate change, are a source of major disruptions to the National Airspace System (NAS). In November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorizing $25 billion to the...

What We Looked AtThe U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has a fleet of 38 aircraft that are operated and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Flight Program Operations within the Air Traffic Organization. FAA uses these aircraft for a variety of missions, including critical...

What We Looked AtWe contracted with the independent public accounting firm Allmond & Company LLC (Allmond) to audit the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation’s (GLS) financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023; provide an opinion on those financial...

What We Looked AtWe contracted with the independent public accounting firm KPMG, LLP to audit the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2022. KPMG was required to provide an opinion on...

What We Looked AtWe contracted with the independent public accounting firm KPMG LLP to audit the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2022. KPMG was required to provide an opinion on those...

What We Looked AtTo prevent Government agencies from making improper payments, the Do Not Pay (DNP) Initiative (the Initiative) requires the agencies to verify recipients’ eligibility to receive payments in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Working System databases before the release...

What We Looked AtWe queried and downloaded 91 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between July 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023, to identify significant findings related to programs directly funded by the Department of Transportation...

As required by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (as amended), this Semiannual Report summarizes the activities of the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General for the preceding 6-month period.

What We Looked AtHigh value assets (HVA) are information systems, information, and data for which unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction could have a significant impact on U.S. national security, or public health and safety of the American people. Given the...