Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtFAA oversees the safety of civil aviation through a complex network of information systems at air traffic control facilities. Cyber-based threats are rapidly evolving and may put air traffic control systems at risk for compromise. The FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016...

What We Looked AtThe United States has the largest and most diverse general aviation community in the world. In 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new rule, referred to as BasicMed, which implemented an alternative way for many general aviation pilots to establish medical...

What We Looked AtEffective evacuations of aircraft during emergencies can help save lives. Two aircraft accidents involving evacuations—one in September 2015 involving a British Airways aircraft and another in October 2016 involving an American Airlines aircraft—resulted in no fatalities, and...

What We Looked AtWe performed a quality control review (QCR) on the single audit that RSM US LLP performed for the City of Fayetteville’s (City) fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018. During this period, the City expended approximately $6.8 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT)...

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of an audit 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 direction of DOT’s...

What We Looked AtWe performed a quality control review (QCR) on the single audit that Cherry Bekaert, LLP performed for the City of Charlotte’s (City) fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018. During this period, the City expended approximately $100 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s...

What We Looked AtFreight trains in the United States generally operate with a conductor, who is responsible for the train, freight, and crew, and an engineer, who operates the locomotive. To ensure that only people who meet minimum Federal safety standards serve as conductors, in 2011, the Federal...

What We Looked AtWe performed a quality control review (QCR) on the single audit that RHR Smith & Company (Smith) performed for the Green Mountain Transit Authority’s (Authority) fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018. During this period, the Authority expended approximately $14.5 million from the U.S...

What We Looked AtWe queried and downloaded 95 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between April 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020, to identify significant findings related to programs directly funded by the Department of Transportation (DOT)...

What We Looked AtWe performed a quality control review (QCR) on the single audit that PBMares, LLP performed for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' (MWCOG) fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018. During this period, MWCOG expended approximately $17.9 million from the U.S. Department...