http://www.oig.dot.gov/rss.jsp?agency=12 The 10 most recent releases on the U.S. DoT OIG web site ... SLSDC en-US webmaster@oig.dot.gov (OIG Webmaster) http://www.oig.dot.gov/images/dot.gif http://www.oig.dot.gov/rss.jsp?agency=12 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2568 On November 5, we issued a quality control review report of the audit of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporations financial statements for fiscal years 2009 and 2008. Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP, under contract to the Seaway, issued a clean (unqualified) audit opinion and reported no internal control deficiencies. Complete financial statements will be included in the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporations Annual Report which also will contain a copy of our quality control report and the Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner report. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2568 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2383 On November 7, we issued a quality control report of the audit of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporations fiscal years 2008 and 2007 financial statements. The Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP, under contract to the Seaway, issued a clean (unqualified) audit opinion and reported no internal control deficiencies. The SLSDCs Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Report contains the Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner report (beginning on page 22). Click here to view the complete SLSDC Financial Statements. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2383 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2164 On November 9, we issued a quality control report of the audit of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporations fiscal years 2007 and 2006 financial statements. Dembo, Jones, Healy, Pennington, & Marshall, P.C., under contract to the Seaway, issued a clean (unqualified) audit opinion and reported no internal control deficiencies. Complete Financial Statements are included in the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporations Annual Report which also contains a copy of Dembo, Jones, Healy, Pennington, & Marshalls report beginning on page 21. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2164 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2121 On September 7, we issued our review of congressional earmarks within Department of Transportation programs. In August 2006, Senator Coburn requested that we conduct an independent analysis of congressional earmarks. Consistent with Senator Coburns request, we determined (1) the total number and amount of earmarks within DOT for FY 2006, (2) the inclusion of earmarks in DOTs annual planning and project evaluation processes, and (3) the effects of earmarks on DOTs mission and goals.Overall, we identified 8,056 earmarked projects within the Departments programs that received more than $8.54 billion for FY 2006. Our review of 7,760 earmarked projects valued at $8.05 billion within Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Aviation Administrationwhich accounted for 99 percent of these earmarked projectsdisclosed that 7,724 of the 7,760 projects either were not subject to the agencies review and selection processes or bypassed the states normal planning and programming processes. There were earmarked projects we reviewed that were evaluated as "highest" priority projects and would have been fully funded regardless of being earmarked. However, many earmarked projects considered by the agencies as low priority are being funded over higher priority, nonearmarked projects; and other earmarks are providing funds for projects that would otherwise be ineligible. We are not making any recommendations in this report as the nature of this review was to conduct and independent analysis of the amount and impact of congressional earmarks for the most recent fiscal year. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2121 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1960 On January 5, 2007, Allen L. Dumas of Massena, New York, a former line handler for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Syracuse, New York to 5 years of federal probation and ordered to repay $55,726 in workers compensation benefits he illegally received from the Corporation. Dumas was also disqualified for life from receiving workers compensation benefits. On September 18, 2006, Dumas pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public money.Between December 2003 and November 2005, Dumas received $53,271 in workers compensation payments and reimbursement for $2,454 in medical expenses for a lower back injury he sustained while working at the SLSDC in 2002. Dumas falsely certified to the U.S. Labor Department that he was not able to work when in fact, he began working as a truck driver in December 2003. This investigation was jointly conducted with the U.S. Department of Labor, with assistance from the SLSDC. Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1960 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1924 On November 9, we issued a Quality Control Review report on the audited fiscal year (FY) 2006 and FY 2007 financial statements for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). Dembo, Jones, Healy, Pennington & Marshall, P.C. performed the audit and rendered an unqualified (clean) opinion on the financial statements. The audit did not identify any internal control weaknesses or material noncompliances with laws or regulations.The SLSDCs Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report contains the Dembo, Jones, Healy, Pennington & Marshall, P.C. report (beginning on page 22) and complete SLSDC Financial Statements. Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1924 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1697 On November 8, we issued a quality control review of the SLSDCs Audited Financial Statements for FY 2005 and FY 2004. The report concluded that the financial statements presented fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of SLSDC as September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004. In our opinion the audit work performed by the IPA firm complied with applicable standards and we issued no recommendations. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1697 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1433 We issued our quality control review of the audit giving an unqualified or clean opinion for SLSDCs FY 2004 financial statements. We found that the audit, conducted by contractor Dembo, Jones, Healy, Pennington, & Marshall, P.C. of Rockville, MD, was performed in accordance with applicable standards.The actual financial statements will be available on the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation web site at http://www.seaway.dot.gov Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1433 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1229 For a copy of the full audit, call (202) 3661496. Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1229 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1052 Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1052