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Quality Control Review of Single Audit on the New Jersey Transit Corporation
On August 24, 2011, we issued a quality control report on a single audit performed by Ernst & Young, LLP, on the New Jersey Transit Corporation's (NJT) use of U.S. Department of Transportation...
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Process Improvements Are Needed for Identifying and Addressing Vehicle Safety...
On October 6, 2011, we issued a report on NHTSA's oversight of vehicle safety. We found that NHTSA followed its established procedures in investigating unintended acceleration (UA) issues for Toyota...
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Audit Initiated of NAFTA Cross-Border Trucking Pilot Program
On October 14, 2011, the Department granted provisional authority to the first Mexican carrier in its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border trucking pilot program. This action...
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Review Initiated of NHTSA's fiscal year 2011 Drug Control Obligation and...
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. The ONDCP advises the President on drug-control issues, coordinates drug-control activities and...
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Office of Inspector General’s Review of Fiscal Year 2011 Drug Control Funds...
On January 31, 2012, we issued the final report on our Review of NHTSA’s fiscal year 2011 Drug Control Obligation Summary and Performance Summary reports. No information came to our attention that...
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Audit Initiated of the Federal Highway Administration's Oversight of the...
Approximately 33,000 people died on the Nation's highways in 2010, and according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the financial impact of highway crashes nationwide is approximately $230...
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Audit Initiated to Follow-up on FAA's ATCOTS Contract Challenges
At the request of Senator Claire McCaskill, Chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, the Office of Inspector General plans...
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Refinements to DOT's Management of the Highway Trust Fund's Solvency Could...
On March 6, 2012, we issued our final report on the issues related to the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). We found that following the fiscal year 2008 shortfall in HTF’s Highway Account...
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Lessons Learned From ARRA: Improved FHWA Oversight Can Enhance States’ Use of...
On April 5, 2012, we issued our report on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of State DOT American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contract awards. As FHWA’s $27 billion in ARRA...
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Timely and Targeted FMCSA Action is Needed to Fully Address National...
On April 17, 2012, we issued a report on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) implementation of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations to improve Federal...
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Audit Initiated of FHWA’s Oversight of the Indian Reservation Roads Program
The Office of Inspector General plans to conduct an audit of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) program. According to FHWA, approximately 11 billion vehicle...
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Audit Initiated of FHWA’s Oversight of Unexpended ARRA Obligations
The Office of Inspector General plans to conduct two audits of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) oversight of unexpended American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. ARRA...
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Follow-up Audit Initiated of NAFTA Cross-Border Safety Requirements
Section 350(c) of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002 and subsequent appropriations legislation through 2012 prohibits FMCSA from using Federal...
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Increased Participation and Improved Oversight Mechanisms Would Benefit the...
On August 16, 2012, we issued an interim report on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) pilot program authorizing long–haul, cross–border trucking services between the United...
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Improvements to Stewardship and Oversight Agreements Are Needed To Enhance...
On October 1, 2012, we issued a report on Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Stewardship and Oversight Agreements with States. FHWA uses these agreements, which are required by law, to formalize...
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FHWA Has Opportunities to Improve Oversight of ARRA High Dollar Projects and...
On November 14, 2012, we issued a report on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of selected American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) high dollar bridge and highway...
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Audit Initiated of DOT's Implementation of MAP-21 Acceleration of Project...
The Office of Inspector General plans to conduct a series of audits using a three-phase approach to assess DOT’s project delivery reforms carried out under The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - November 2012
On December 10, 2012, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of November 2012. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRA and...
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Audit Initiated of NHTSA's Stewardship and Oversight of Highway Safety Grants
The Department of Transportation's top priority is to make our transportation system safer, but motor vehicle safety remains an ongoing safety concern. In fiscal year 2011, the National Highway Traffic...
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Review Initiated of NHTSA’s Fiscal Year 2012 Drug Control Obligation and...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is initiating a review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) fiscal year 2012 Drug Control Obligation and Performance Summary Reports....
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