Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2021, and for the year then ended, and to provide a report on internal control over financial reporting and on compliance and other matters. Because the company receives federal assistance, it must obtain an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.As required by the Inspector General Act of 1978, we monitored the audit activities of Ernst & Young to help ensure audit quality and compliance with auditing standards. Our monitoring focused on two Ernst & Young reports and disclosed no instances in which Ernst & Young did not comply, in all material respects, with generally accepted government auditing standards. We reached this conclusion by monitoring Ernst & Young’s audit activities, which included reviewing its reports, auditor independence and qualifications, audit plans, detailed testing results, summary work papers, and quality controls. We also attended key meetings.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | Governance: Quality Control Review of the Independent Audit of Amtrak’s Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended 2021 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Fiscal Year 2021 Independent Evaluation of the SEC’s Implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014, Report No. 570 | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | Vulnerability Scanning and Remediation Processes Need Improvement | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | Increased Availability of Tax Resources and Information for Limited English Proficient and Visually Impaired Taxpayers Has Enhanced Assistance, but Additional Improvements Are Needed | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board | Independent Evaluation of the DNFSB’S Implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 for FY 2021 | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | Employee Terminated for Failure to Report Arrest | Investigation |
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| Department of the Treasury | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Management Letter for the Audit of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of the Treasury | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Audit of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | Financial Audit of MCC Resources Managed by PRONACOM Guatemala Under the Threshold Program Grant Agreement, October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020 | Other |
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| Environmental Protection Agency | EPA Established a Web Management Program, but Improvements Are Needed in Deploying Web Analytics | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
