http://www.oig.dot.gov/rss.jsp?agency=17 The 10 most recent releases on the U.S. DoT OIG web site ... NTSB en-US webmaster@oig.dot.gov (OIG Webmaster) http://www.oig.dot.gov/images/dot.gif http://www.oig.dot.gov/rss.jsp?agency=17 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2571 On November 10, 2009, we issued a quality control report on the audit of the National Transportation Safety Boards fiscal years 2009 and 2008 financial statements. Leon Snead & Company, P.C., under contract to us and under our supervision, issued a clean (unqualified) audit opinion but reported one significant deficiency due to the lack of a managerial cost accounting system. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2571 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2484 On June 11, 2009, the Inspector General testified before the House Subcommittee on Aviation regarding regional air carriers, pilot workforce issues, and concerns with the Federal Aviation Adminstrations (FAA) oversight of the aviation industry. Last months National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing after the crash of Colgan flight 3407 highlighted the need to closely examine regulations governing pilot training and rest requirements and the oversight necessary to ensure their compliance. This is a particular concern at regional carriers, which constitute an increasing proportion of U.S. operations. The Inspector General noted several issues with regional and mainline carriers that could impact safety, such as identified differences in operating environments and potential differences in pilots flight experience, training programs, fatigue levels, and compensation. Despite these differences, FAA maintains it has one level of safety for all types of air carrier operations. The Inspector General stated that while FAA has improved some aspects of its safety oversight, there are still weaknesses in its oversight and inconsistencies in how its rules and regulations are enforced. Given the concerns with regional carriers noted by the NTSB and the vulnerabilities previously identified with FAAs safety oversight, the Subcommittee requested that the Office of Inspector General review aspects of pilot training and rest requirements. The Inspector General stated that his office recently started this review, which focuses on FAA oversight of commuter and regional pilot training, the number of training hours needed before a pilot can assume pilotincommand responsibilities, and how U.S. airlines update pilots on the latest technologies on the aircraft they operate. The review will also examine the information pilots are required to provide airlines and whether it is sufficient to verify pilot employment and training. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2484 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2464 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an audit of the National Transportation Safety Boards (NTSB) Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008. It will be conducted according to government auditing standards and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) audit requirements. The audit is being performed by an external audit firm, Leon Snead and Company, PC, subject to OIG oversight. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2464 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2384 On November 12, 2008, we issued a quality control report on the audit of the National Transportation Safety Boards fiscal years 2008 and 2007 financial statements. Leon Snead & Company, P.C., under contract to us and under our supervision, issued a clean (unqualified) audit opinion but reported one material weakness on controls over financial reporting, and a significant deficiency in cost accounting.Complete Financial Statements are included in the NTSBs 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, which also contains a copy of the Leon Snead report beginning on page 37. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2384 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2374 On October 7, 2008, the Assistant Inspector General for Highway and Transit Audits testified at the National Transportation Safety Boards (NTSB) hearing covering a motor coach crash that occurred on January 2, 2008, in Victoria, Texas. At the request of the NTSB, the testimony covered prior Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit report findings and recommendations pertaining to Mexicodomiciled bus inspections performed at United StatesMexico border crossings and Mexicodomiciled vehicle compliance with United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Standards (FMVSS) while operating in the United States. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2374 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2279 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is initiating its audit of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements. The statements will be audited by an independent external auditor, subject to OIG oversight. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2279 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2165 On November 9, we issued a quality control report of the audit of the National Transportation Safety Boards fiscal years 2007 and 2006 financial statements. Leon Snead & Company, P.C., under contract to us and under our supervision, issued a clean (unqualified) audit opinion but reported two material weaknesses, the information technology security program and selected accounting operations and controls. Snead & Company also reported a significant deficiency in cost accounting. Complete Financial Statements are included in the NTSBs 2007 Performance and Accountability Report, which also contains a copy of the Leon Snead report beginning on page 117. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2165 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1975 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1975 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1927 On November 13, we issued our annual financial statement audit of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) financial statements for fiscal years 2006 and 2005. We concluded that NTSBs consolidated financial statements are fairly presented, in all material respects, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. We also found two material internal control weaknesses related to implementation of an agencywide information security program and internal controls over financial reporting. We previously issued recommendations to NTSB to improve their information security program. NTSB concurred with our findings and committed to strengthening controls over financial reporting. The audit was conducted for OIG by Leon Snead & Company of Rockville, MD. NTSBs 2006 Performance and Accountability Report contains our review (beginning on page 55) and the full financial statements audit (beginning on page 57) performed by Leon Snead & Company, P.C. Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1927 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1920 On November 1, we issued our final report on NTSBs Travel Card Program. We found that NTSBs internal controls are generally adequate to safeguard against unauthorized use of Government travel cards and to prevent delinquencies. However, we identified opportunities to strengthen controls in several areas. These include ensuring that NTSB maintains an accurate roster of travel cardholders, closing separated employees accounts in a timely manner, reducing travel card dollar limits for staff who rarely travel, documenting management overrides of system controls designed to prevent the use of travel cards for certain activities, tracking cardholders acknowledgment of responsibility for proper use of Governmentissued cards, and ensuring accurate reporting of Board members annual travel costs to Congress. Management concurred with six of seven recommendations we made, and agreed to reevaluate its response to the last one. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1920