http://www.oig.dot.gov/rss.jsp?subject=41 The 10 most recent releases on the U.S. DoT OIG web site related to NTSB Financial Management en-US webmaster@oig.dot.gov (OIG Webmaster) http://www.oig.dot.gov/images/dot.gif http://www.oig.dot.gov/rss.jsp?subject=41 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=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=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 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1861 NTSB issued a response to this audit announcement, which can be viewed here. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1861 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1674 Our review identified that NTSB had made little progress enhancing its information security program during FY 2005. Our review also identified a significant number of vulnerabilities that exposed NTSB computers to unauthorized access from both inside and outside of the agency. We concluded that NTSBs information security program remains a material weakness to its safety investigation mission. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1674 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1643 On August 23, we issued our final report on NTSBs Purchase Card Program. We found that NTSBs internal controls over Government purchase card use have improved appreciably when compared with the boards previous purchasing system. However, we found that internal controls over Government purchase card use were not effectively implemented to safeguard against fraud, waste, and abuse. We recommended that NTSB enhance management review of purchase card transactions, removal of separated cardholders accounts, annual program review, employee training requirements, and record keeping. Management generally concurred with our findings and recommendations and in some cases completed the corrective actions. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1643 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1443 We issued our quality control review of the audit giving an unqualified or "clean" opinion for NTSBs FY 2004 financial statements. The report presented two material weaknesses previously reported by management and made two new recommendations. We found that the audit conducted by contractor Leon Snead & Company of Rockville, MD, was performed in accordance with applicable standards.More information from the actual report can be found in the NTSB 2004 DOT Performance and Accountability Report, located at the following URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/cfo/cfo.htm Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1443 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1408 We issued our final report on NTSBs Information Security Program required by Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002. We found that NTSB needs to implement an agencywide information security program and strengthen network security to prevent unauthorized access by insiders. We recommend that NTSB designate a Chief Information Officer, implement an information security management program and enhance NTSB network security. Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1408 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1398 We reviewed whether the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was adequately prepared to implement the QuickTime time and attendance system and had adequate internal controls to meet NTSBs operating requirements. We found that NTSB has not yet taken important preparatory steps needed to successfully implement QuickTime and, as a result, is not positioned to deploy QuickTime by its projected implementation deadline of the fourth quarter of FY 2004. We recommended that NTSB needs to establish a new date to implement QuickTime and take a more aggressive posture by assigning roles and responsibilities, identifying funds, developing an implementation plan and completing other preparatory steps. NTSB concurred with our recommendations. Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1398 http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1288 We initiated an audit of NTSBs plans to implement QuickTime, a new system that is expected to correct a current material weakness with its time and attendance setup. The audit will determine whether NTSB has (1) adequately prepared to implement the QuickTime system, and (2) obtained reasonable assurance that QuickTimes internal controls will meet its requirements. Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1288