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Quality Control Review on the Independent Auditors' Report on the Department of Transportation's Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021

2023
QC2023008
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

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, 2022, and September 30, 2021. KPMG was required to provide an opinion on those...

FTA Can Enhance Its Controls To Mitigate COVID-19 Relief Funding Risks

2023
ST2023001
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation
Pandemic

What We Looked AtSince March 2020, Congress has provided $69.5 billion in supplemental funding to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to help transit systems in the United States mitigate the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As of August 1, 2022, FTA had obligated...

Quality Control Review on a Single Audit of the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia, South Carolina

2023
QC2023002
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtWe performed a quality control review (QCR) on the single audit that Mauldin & Jenkins performed for the South Carolina Department of Transportation's (SCDOT) fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021. During this period, SCDOT expended approximately $707 million from the U.S. Department...

Weaknesses in DOT’s ITSS Award and Invoice Processes Increase the Risk of Inefficiencies During Acquisitions of Critical IT Products and Services

2022
ZA2022039
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtThe Department of Transportation (DOT) leverages information technology (IT) to achieve its mission of a safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system. Historically, IT systems were decentralized DOT-wide, but that resulted in high costs and other inefficiencies...

DOT Can Improve Processes for Evaluating the Impact of Time Zone Changes and Promoting Uniform Time Observance

2022
ST2022037
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

What We Looked At The Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for fostering and promoting uniform time observance—including Daylight Saving Time (DST)—as well as evaluating requests to change time zones. Since 2015, at least 45 States have proposed legislation either to change their...

Quality Control Review on the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Assessment of DOT’s Information Security System Program and Practices

2022
22T3004T000
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

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...

FAA Has Made Progress on a UAS Traffic Management Framework, but Key Challenges Remain

2022
AV2022041
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtUnmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as “drones,” are rapidly growing in number in the National Airspace System. Currently, there is limited infrastructure available to manage widespread expansion of small UAS operations in low-altitude airspace (below 400 feet) where the...

DOT Has Made Progress Meeting the Requirements of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018

2022
ST2022040
Audit
Department of Transportation OIG
Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtGeospatial data--which Federal agencies use to achieve their missions--contain information tied to locations, including geographic location identifiers. Transportation related geospatial data include instrument-flight-rule navigation charts and pipeline inspection boundary maps. In...

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