Department of Transportation

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...

What We Looked AtTitle XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 established the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Federal Ship Financing Program (Title XI), which provides loan guarantees to private companies for ship construction and shipyard modernization. The Fiscal Year 2019 John S. McCain National...

THE DEPARTMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REPORT CONTAINS SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION (SSI) that is controlled under 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520 to protect Sensitive Security Information exempt from public disclosure. For U.S. Government agencies, public disclosure is governed by 5 U.S.C. 552 and 49...

What We Looked AtThe National Airspace System (NAS) serves over 44,000 flights a day with over 5,000 aircraft in the sky at peak times. Critical to the NAS's operations are the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (Centers) that manage high-altitude air...

What We Looked AtThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for the safety and certification of all civilian aircraft manufactured and operated in the United States. However, two accidents in late 2018 and early 2019 involving Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft raised significant safety...

Implementing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is among the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) highest priorities in this time of national emergency. The CARES Act provides DOT with over $36 billion to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 across all modes of...