Federal Reports

Our objective was to assess the company’s early efforts to comply with all Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requirements, with a focus on its ability to use, account for, and report on the $22 billion in direct IIJA funding it will receive.As of July 2023, the company has received about $731 million in direct IIJA funding and has spent about $638 million. We found that the company is actively positioning itself to comply with IIJA’s operations, policy, and funding requirements, including its use, accounting, and reporting of the $22 billion in direct funding. For example, it established an IIJA implementation committee, developed an IIJA compliance tracker, provided training on IIJA grant compliance and reporting requirements, and began periodically communicating management’s expectations for the responsible use of IIJA funds. The company also developed a spending plan for IIJA funds and a plan for meeting accounting and reporting requirements. These are positive early steps, but because the company is still implementing them it is too soon to assess their effectiveness. Accordingly, we are not making recommendations in this report but will continue to monitor the company’s progress.

This required external peer review was conducted in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Inspection and Evaluation Committee guidance as contained in the CIGIE Guide for Conducting External Peer Reviews of Inspection and Evaluation Organizations of Federal Offices of Inspector General (December 2020 and December 2021). The peer review was conducted from May 16, 2023 through July 28, 2023.

This report contains information about recommendations from the OIG's audits, evaluations, reviews, and other reports that the OIG had not closed as of the specified date because it had not determined that the Department of Justice (DOJ) or a non-DOJ federal agency had fully implemented them. The list omits information that DOJ determined to be limited official use or classified, and therefore unsuitable for public release.The status of each recommendation was accurate as of the specified date and is subject to change. Specifically, a recommendation identified as not closed as of the specified date may subsequently have been closed.