Department of Transportation

What We Looked AtThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) oversees more than $40 billion in annual Federal aid for national highway and bridge projects. Federal law requires aid recipients to competitively award contracts for such projects unless some other method is more cost-effective or an...

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 AtHurricane Sandy caused widespread damage to the transportation infrastructure in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States in October 2012. This included damage to transit vehicles--buses, vans, cars, railcars, and locomotives, referred to as rolling stock--in the New York...

What We Looked AtSince 2003, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified Federal real property management as a high-risk area, prompting reform efforts across the Federal Government. The Department of Transportation (DOT), excluding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), maintains...

What We Looked AtThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) depends on a vast but aging network of radars to manage air traffic and weather. FAA has partnered with three other agencies through the Spectrum Efficient National Surveillance Radar (SENSR) program to auction Government-owned...

What We Looked AtRising demands on the transportation system and constraints on public resources have led to greater private sector involvement in constructing highway infrastructure through public-private partnerships (P3s). The use of P3s marks a shift away from traditional ways of procuring and...

What We Looked AtEach year, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) oversees more than $40 billion in Federal funding for highway and bridge projects across the United States. For each project, a State Department of Transportation (State DOT) develops a conceptual cost estimate that is refined...

What We Looked AtUnder the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Circular Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary (Circular), when drug-related obligations total less than $50 million and a detailed accounting would be an unreasonable burden, agencies may submit...

What We Looked AtThe Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), as amended, requires inspectors general to conduct annual reviews of their agencies' information security programs and report the review results to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). DOT's operations rely on...

What We Looked AtFAA manages air traffic control operations through a complex network of information systems and air traffic control facilities. Cyber-based threats are rapidly evolving and could threaten the connectivity of this complex aviation infrastructure. In 2016, Congress passed the FAA...