Federal Reports

An Amtrak engineer based in Raleigh, North Carolina, received a written reprimand and a 40-day suspension without pay on October 7, 2024. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by using the company’s trademarked logo and a picture of one of its locomotives on the website for his personal business.

We identified the Commission’s major management and performance challenges by recognizing and assessing key themes from OIG audits, evaluations, hotline complaints, investigations, and an internal risk assessment, as well as reports published by external oversight bodies, such as the Office of Personnel Management and the Government Accountability Office. Additionally, we reviewed previous management challenge reports to determine if those challenges remain significant for this submission. Finally, we considered publicly available information and internal Commission records. In addition to the management challenges, we are providing management’s statements regarding prior and planned actions to address each challenge. The resulting product provides greater transparency to achieve improved agency performance.

Evaluation of the FLRA's Compliance with the Privacy Act Mandatory Annual Training Requirement for Fiscal Year 2023

This report presents the results of our audit of the U.S. Postal Service’s cost attribution for parcelonlyprocessing facilities.

The objective of this statutory audit was to review the U.S. Department of Education (Department) compliance with the requirements outlined under section 759(a) of the Geospatial Data Act. Specifically, we sought to determine whether the Department implemented the 13 covered agency responsibilities listed in section 759(a) of the Geospatial Data Act. We found that the Department is in compliance with the applicable responsibilities outlined under section 759(a) of the Geospatial Data Act. Specifically, we found that the Department implemented all 12 of the 13 covered agency responsibilities listed in section 759(a) of the Geospatial Data Act that we reviewed. We were unable to evaluate compliance with one covered agency responsibility as the applicable data standards related to this responsibility have not yet been defined by the Federal Geographic Data Committee and the Office of Management and Budget. Although the Department has continued to meet the requirements of the Geospatial Data Act thus far, we noted concerns regarding the allocation of resources that could negatively impact the Department’s ability to remain compliant going forward.