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On February 2, 2024, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah found Konstantin Mikhaylovich Tomilin and Yevgeny Felix Tuchinsky guilty of wire fraud and honest services fraud conspiracy.
 
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02.14.2024
On January 23, 2024, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) suspended Bruce F. Israel, former vice president and part-owner of Asphalt Specialist, LLC, from participating in all federally funded procurement and non-procurement programs. In November 2023, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan filed an information charging Israel with conspiring to commit bid rigging.
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02.13.2024
In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, we are initiating an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2024 and 2023. The objective of this audit will be to express an opinion on whether FAA’s financial statements are fairly presented, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. We have engaged KPMG LLP, an independent public accounting firm, to conduct this audit subject to our oversight.
 
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02.12.2024
In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, we are initiating an audit of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2024 and 2023. The objective of this audit will be to express an opinion on whether DOT’s financial statements are fairly presented, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. We have engaged KPMG LLP, an independent public accounting firm, to conduct this audit subject to our oversight.
 
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02.12.2024
As a Federal service provider, the Department of Transportation (DOT) offers a range of business services to its Operating Administrations and other Federal organizations through its Enterprise Services Center (ESC). The Office of Management and Budget requires Federal service providers to give client agencies annual reports from independent auditors that describe internal controls in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE-18).
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02.12.2024
We issued a letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Aviation in response to a request that we review the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of two key areas on the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Our objectives were to evaluate FAA’s oversight activities of two targeted elements of the 737 MAX: (1) the inoperability of the angle-of-attack (AOA) disagree alert on the majority of the MAX fleet in 2019 and (2) the inclusion of the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) as part of the speed trim in the 737 MAX design.
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02.07.2024
On January 23, 2024, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) suspended Adam Ball, Andrew Semenchuk, and Jeffrey Bartlett, current and former executives of Surveying Solutions, Inc. (SSI), from being participants or principals in any covered transaction for a temporary period pending the completion of an investigation or ensuing legal or administrative proceedings.
 
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02.06.2024
On January 17, 2024, the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio sentenced Shawn Martin to 12 months of probation and a $100 special assessment. On September 21, 2023, Martin pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The investigation revealed that from February 2018 to February 2020, Martin submitted false commercial driver’s license (CDL) test results to the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Specifically, Martin submitted test results for applicants who either failed or never took the tests in exchange for payments.
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02.06.2024
What We Looked At
This report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of the management letter that KPMG issued on its audit, under contract with us, of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2023 and 2022. This management letter discusses internal control matters that KPMG was not required to include in its audit report.
 
What We Found
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02.02.2024
What We Looked At
This report presents the results of our quality control review of KPMG LLP’s management letter for its audit, conducted under contract with us, of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2023 and 2022. The management letter discusses four internal control matters that KPMG was not required to include in its audit report.
 
What We Found
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02.02.2024