Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for managing and operating the busiest and most complex airspace system in the world. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Act) required the Secretary of Transportation to establish metrics for evaluating FAA’s management and...

What We Looked AtAccording to data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), more than 3.3 billion tons of hazardous materials (hazmat) are transported within the United States each year. As PHMSA is responsible for evaluating the fitness of companies that transport...

What We Looked AtThe Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Operating Administrations (OA) receive billions to provide financial assistance to States and other entities. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires recipients that expend $750,000 or more to perform single audits. OMB’s Uniform...

What We Looked AtUnmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) serve diverse sectors of the economy and are rapidly growing in number across the Nation. As UAS technology and physical and operational characteristics evolve, opportunities for some systems to evade detection and create challenges for the National...

What We Looked AtWe queried and downloaded 56 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between October 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, to identify significant findings related to programs directly funded by the Department of Transportation...

What We Looked AtIn August and September 2017, three costly hurricanes hit the United States and caused devastation to transportation infrastructure, particularly highways and bridges. The Department of Transportation (DOT) provided emergency aid for infrastructure repairs through the Federal...

What We Looked AtThe Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) modernization of its National Airspace System (NAS) includes a plan to update the Agency’s aging voice switches with a voice-over internet protocol (VoIP) system. In August 2012, FAA awarded a contract to the Harris Corporation (Harris) to...

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of KPMG LLP’s management letter for its audit, conducted under contract with us, of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2021 and 2020. The management letter...

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of the management letter that KPMG issued on its audit, under contract with us, of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2021 and 2020. This management...

What We Looked AtIn accordance with the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945, we audited the financial statements of the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS), a U.S. Government corporation, as of and for the years ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020. We...