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The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires Federal agencies to implement information security programs. The act also requires agencies to conduct annual independent reviews to determine the effectiveness of their programs and report the reviews’ results to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To meet this requirement, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has requested that we perform its fiscal year 2024 FISMA review.

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01.23.2024
On January 5, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington sentenced Christopher Harris to 8 months of Federal imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, a $200 special assessment, and $426.75 in restitution to the victim. In October 2023, Harris pleaded guilty to aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.
 
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01.22.2024
On January 3, 2024, the Morris County Superior Courthouse in Morristown, New Jersey, issued a Pretrial Intervention (PTI) Order to Jeremy Hayes, a New Jersey Transit (NJT) employee. Pursuant to the PTI's terms, among other conditions, Hayes must remain under probation officer supervision for 1 year. At the conclusion of the year, the pending charges against Hayes will be dismissed if Hayes complies with the PTI's conditions. Hayes was also ordered to serve 20 hours community service, forfeit any stolen train horns, and pay $125 in court assessments.
 
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01.22.2024
Over 3.3 billion tons of hazardous materials (hazmat) are transported annually across the United States. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is responsible for advancing the safe transportation of these materials and administers several hazmat safety-related grants to support this mission. To fund these grants, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorized PHMSA to expend over $46 million annually from hazmat shipper and carrier registration fees collected under the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Fund.
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01.17.2024
The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 requires us to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the implementation of recommendations made to address findings from audits of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) charge card programs. In fiscal year 2020, we issued one report on DOT’s purchase card program, and in fiscal year 2021, we issued one report on DOT’s travel card program. All charge card recommendations have been closed, except for two travel card recommendations that remain open with target actions dates of January 31, 2024.
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01.17.2024

On October 16, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentenced Erik Ramos to 6 months of incarceration, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. The special assessment was waived due to Ramos’ inability to pay.

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01.16.2024
On December 21, 2023, Dedrick Sirmans pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to knowingly operating an unregistered aircraft to facilitate a controlled substance offense.
 
The indictment alleged that, in September 2020, Sirmans attempted to fly an unregistered unmanned aircraft system weighing over .55 lbs. into Macon State Prison to distribute a controlled substance.
 
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01.09.2024
On December 20, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York sentenced general contractor Man O'Trees (MOT) to a $200,000 fine and a $400 court assessment. MOT previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. According to the information, between approximately May 2009 and 2013, MOT conspired with others to defraud DOT, New York State DOT, and the City of Niagara Falls, New York—among other governmental entities—to obtain money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses.
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01.09.2024
On December 7, 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) debarred Spares, Inc., a machine shop located in Florence, Oregon, from participating in Federal non-procurement and procurement transactions for a period of 3 years.
 
On July 19, 2023, Spares was sentenced to 5 years of probation, an $8,500 fine, a $400 special assessment, and a forfeiture of $945,165.89 less the value of tools and equipment used to manufacture aircraft parts forfeited by Spares following an earlier guilty plea to one count of aircraft parts fraud.
 
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01.09.2024
On December 15, 2023, Morgan J. Wiljanen, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to an information charging Wiljanen with operating an air common carrier while under the influence of alcohol. According to the information, on or around March 21, 2023, Wiljanen, a former helicopter pilot for Air Evac EMS, Inc., was under the influence of alcohol while piloting Air Evac Flight 79, an air ambulance helicopter operated by the company, from Corbin, Kentucky, to Richmond, Kentucky.
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01.05.2024