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Progress and Challenges With FAA's Call to Action for Airline Safety

02.04.2010

On February 4, 2010, the Inspector General testified on the status of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airline Safety and Pilot Training Action Plan (Call to Action Plan) to improve airline safety and address pilot workforce issues. FAA announced this plan after hearings regarding the Colgan Air accident last February. The Office of Inspector General’s review found that FAA’s Call to Action Plan is a good first step, but FAA’s progress in implementing the Plan’s...
Audit Initiated of FHWA's Oversight of High Dollar ARRA Highway Projects

01.20.2010

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided $27.5 billion to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for ARRA highway infrastructure investments, and required FHWA to ensure that states receiving ARRA funds adhere to all Federal-aid highway program requirements. Our audit objective will be to determine whether FHWA’s oversight of selected higher dollar value ARRA projects has resulted in project compliance with key Federal-aid highway requirements for cost,...
Final Report on FHWA Oversight of the Highway Bridge Program and National Bridge Inspection Program

01.14.2010

On January 14th, we issued our report on FHWA's oversight of the Highway Bridge Program (HBP) and National Bridge Inspection Program (NBIP). We assessed FHWA’s: (1) oversight of Federal-aid funds provided to states through the HBP for deficient bridges; and (2) enforcement of bridge inspection standards under the NBIP. This report concludes our audit work announced in August 2007 related to FHWA’s oversight of the Nation’s bridges. We found that FHWA lacks sufficient data to...
Audit Initiated on Oversight Challenges Associated with Transit Safety Programs

01.07.2010

The Office of Inspector General will review challenges associated with enhancing federal oversight authority for transit safety programs. Our audit objective will be to highlight challenges and risks related to increasing federal oversight of transit safety and actions the Department can take to enhance its effectiveness.
Final Report on the Department of Transportation’s Suspension and Debarment Program

01.07.2010

On January 7, 2010, we issued a report on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Suspension and Debarment (S&D) Program. Our objectives were to assess: (1) the timeliness of Operating Administrations’ (OA) S&D decisions and reporting; and (2) DOT’s S&D policies and oversight of OA actions to exclude prohibited parties from obtaining contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. We found that DOT’s S&D Program does not adequately safeguard against awards to improper parties....

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