Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtAs required by law, we report annually on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) most significant challenges to meeting its mission. We considered several criteria in identifying DOT’s top management challenges for fiscal year 2023, including their impact on safety, documented...

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

What We Looked AtIn accordance with the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945, we audited the financial statements of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS), a U.S. Government Corporation, as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021...

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...

Independent Review of 4003(b) Loan Recipient’s Validation Memo – Caribbean Sun Airlines, Inc.

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 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...

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...

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...