Department of Transportation

Our Objective(s)To assess FAA's (1) processes for analyzing data and identifying risks associated with runway incursions, and (2) actions for preventing and mitigating runway incursions at primary commercial service airports. The audit focused on FAA's processes for analyzing runway incursion data...

Our Objective(s)To (1) evaluate surface transportation Operating Administrations' processes for identifying positions needed to implement new and expanded Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) programs and (2) report on those Operating Administrations' progress toward addressing identified...

Our Objective(s)To inform FHWA's guidance for preventing and detecting anticompetitive practices. Specifically, we (1) assessed competition in procurement for Federal-aid highway projects using statistical methods, (2) provided estimates of the effects on contract costs when certain anticompetitive...

Our Objective(s)To determine whether DOT has established and implemented effective controls to secure and manage its mobile devices. As part of our review of DOT's mobile device management, we also assessed DOT's processes for maintaining an inventory of mobile devices and monitoring the costs of...

Our Objective(s)To perform a quality control review (QCR) of KPMG LLP's management letter related to the audit of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023. We reviewed KPMG's...

Our Objective(s)To determine whether (1) Moss Adams LLP's work complied with the Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended, the Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Guidance and the extent to which we could rely on the auditor's work on the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) major program...

Our Objective(s) To evaluate FHWA's construction quality assurance oversight activities. Specifically, we assessed: (1) the 52 FHWA Divisions' oversight of State Department of Transportation (State DOT) construction quality assurance programs, (2) FHWA Headquarters' construction quality assurance...

Our Objective(s)To evaluate single audit reports uploaded to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between October 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024, and identify findings that affect directly awarded Department of Transportation (DOT) programs. Why This AuditOIG performs oversight of independent, non-Federal...

Our Objective(s)To perform a quality control review (QCR) of KPMG LLP's management letter related to the audit of DOT's consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023. We reviewed KPMG's management letter, dated November 27, 2024...

Our Objective(s)To (1) determine whether MARAD has implemented an information management system for the SAPR Program that complies with NDAA requirements and (2) assess the system's cybersecurity and privacy controls. Why This AuditThe 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required MARAD to...