Department of Transportation OIG

Our Objective(s) To assess the extent to which the Office of the Secretary of Transportation's (OST) use of working capital funds aligns with advance funding agreements for costs and types of services provided to customers. Why This Audit The Department of Transportation (DOT) budgeted approximately...

Our Objective(s) To perform a quality control review (QCR) of Williams Adley & Company-DC LLP's fiscal year 2025 audit of the effectiveness of STB's information security program and practices. Why This Audit The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires agencies to...

Our Objective(s) To assess the Department of Transportation's (DOT) (1) process for reviewing consumer complaints for airline ticket refunds and (2) efforts to hold airlines accountable for providing timely refunds to consumers. Why This Audit As the airline industry began to respond to and recover...

Our Objective(s) To assess (1) FAA's assignment of risk levels to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) grant recipients, and (2) the impact of the assigned risk levels on FAA's IIJA oversight efforts. Why This Audit IIJA provides $20 billion over fiscal years 2022-2026 for three grant...

Our Objective(s) To assess FHWA's policies and procedures for overseeing States' compliance with Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRRSAA) requirements and tracking and monitoring CRRSAA funds. Why This Audit CRRSAA provided $10 billion to FHWA for Highway...

Our Objective(s) To assess the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) actions to address the 24 recommendations from National Academy of Public Administration's (NAPA) 2021 report specified by Congress. Specifically, we assessed MARAD's progress in addressing the 24 specified recommendations and...

Our Objective(s) To determine (1) whether Cherry Bekaert LLP's work complied with the Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended, and 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...

Our Objective(s) To perform a quality control review (QCR) of Sikich's fiscal year 2025 audit of the effectiveness of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) information security program and practices. Why This Audit The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 requires agencies to...

Our Objective(s) To evaluate the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) (1) policies and procedures for the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program and (2) ability to monitor foreign civil aviation authorities (CAAs) for potential safety concerns. Why This Audit In 2022, FAA...

Our Objective(s) To assess the status of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) unexpended Hurricane Sandy funds. Why This Audit In January 2013, FTA received $10.9 billion for the widespread damage Hurricane Sandy caused to transportation infrastructure when it hit the mid-Atlantic and...