Department of Transportation OIG

What We Looked AtThe Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires agencies to implement information security programs. FISMA also requires agencies to have annual independent evaluations performed to determine the effectiveness of their programs and report the results of...

What We Looked AtThe Department of Transportation (DOT) leverages information technology (IT) to achieve its mission of a safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system. Historically, IT systems were decentralized DOT-wide, but that resulted in high costs and other inefficiencies...

What We Looked At The Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for fostering and promoting uniform time observance—including Daylight Saving Time (DST)—as well as evaluating requests to change time zones. Since 2015, at least 45 States have proposed legislation either to change their...

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of an audit of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) information security program and practices. The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires agencies to develop, implement, and...

What We Looked AtUnmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as “drones,” are rapidly growing in number in the National Airspace System. Currently, there is limited infrastructure available to manage widespread expansion of small UAS operations in low-altitude airspace (below 400 feet) where the...

What We Looked AtGeospatial data--which Federal agencies use to achieve their missions--contain information tied to locations, including geographic location identifiers. Transportation related geospatial data include instrument-flight-rule navigation charts and pipeline inspection boundary maps. In...