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...

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...

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 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...

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...

What We Looked AtWe queried and downloaded 90 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between April 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022, 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...

What We Looked AtThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with $10 billion to help airports deal with the public health emergency caused by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). FAA awarded $9.1 billion in grants to airports nationwide...

What We Looked AtThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) oversees about $52 billion in Federal-aid Highway Program funds for fiscal year 2022. The Agency makes these funds available to State Departments of Transportation for highway and infrastructure projects. Modifications to a project’s...

What We Looked AtTo help combat highway fatalities, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) of 2015 authorized over $2.7 billion in highway safety grant funds for fiscal years 2016 through 2020. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded these safety grants...