Department of Transportation

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...

What We Looked AtThe American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) established the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection (AMJP) program in March 2021. To support the program, the ARPA appropriated $3 billion in funding via the Department of Transportation (DOT) through September 2023 for eligible companies...

What We Looked AtWe performed a quality control review on the single audit that Crosslin PLLC performed for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) of Nashville, TN. During this period, MTA expended approximately $32 million from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) programs. Crosslin determined...

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of an audit of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) information security program and practices. The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires agencies to develop, implement, and...

What We Looked AtMoving international cargo across the United States-Mexico border, including via long-haul trucks, is essential to our economy. Pursuant to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act, in August 2021, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)...

What We Looked AtWe queried and downloaded 93 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between April 1, 2023, and June 30, 2023, to identify significant findings related to programs directly funded by the Department of Transportation (DOT...

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of an attestation examination of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Enterprise Services Center (ESC) controls. ESC provides financial management services to DOT and other agencies and operates under the...