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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). We have contracted with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, an independent public accounting firm, to conduct the review of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) information security program for fiscal year 2023, subject to our oversight.

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11.02.2022
On October 20, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, David J. Oneal, owner of Wildly Creative Marketing, was sentenced to 32 months of incarceration, 60 months of supervised release, $45,140 in restitution, and a $200 special assessment for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. In May 2018, Oneal agreed to perform a drone show at SeaWorld in San Antonio, Texas and provided SeaWorld with falsified and fraudulently used documents. The documents included false pilot information and certificates of registration from FAA for small unmanned aircraft systems.
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11.01.2022
On October 17, 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island entered into a civil settlement agreement with the construction company Barletta Heavy Division. Barletta agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act related to the Federal Highway Administration-funded Route 6/10 Interchange Construction Project in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Federal Transit Administration-funded Pawtucket Train and Bus Hub Project (Pawtucket Project) in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
 
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11.01.2022
On October 12, 2022, Joseph J. Cipolla, Jr. was indicted by a grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois for tax evasion; mail, wire, and bank fraud; and odometer tampering.
 
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10.31.2022
On September 26, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentenced Aman Khan to 46 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, $1,538,054 in restitution, and a $200 special assessment for aircraft parts fraud. Khan unlawfully manufactured aircraft parts, resold used aircraft parts as new aircraft parts, and falsified documentation to mislead customers regarding the origin and status of those parts.
 
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10.31.2022

The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation (CRRSA) Act of 2021 provided $10 billion to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to address impacts resulting from COVID-19. Most of this funding, $9.83 billion, was provided to States and the District of Columbia through FHWA’s Surface Transportation Block Grants (STBG) program. Due to the large amount the CRRSA Act provided to FHWA, the timeframe for obligating and using the funds, and the act’s other requirements, we are initiating this audit.

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10.26.2022
What We Looked At
We performed a quality control review (QCR) on the single audit that Mauldin & Jenkins performed for the South Carolina Department of Transportation’s (SCDOT) fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021. During this period, SCDOT expended approximately $707 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant programs. SCDOT determined that DOT’s major programs were the Highway Planning and Construction Cluster and the Formula Grants for Rural Areas.
 
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10.26.2022

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides financial assistance to local transit providers, investing more than $13 billion annually in grants to develop and improve transit systems. Recipients use those funds through FTA’s various grant programs for a variety of purposes, including the purchase and disposal of real property for the construction of bus facilities, metro-line extensions, and rail corridor projects. Given FTA’s investment in projects to develop and improve our Nation’s transit systems, we are initiating an audit to assess FTA’s oversight of real property disposition.

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10.25.2022
On October 12, 2022, FHWA debarred Kenneth Mix, former Equipment Supervisor at McClain and Co., Inc. (McClain), a Government contractor providing under-bridge inspection (UBI) vehicles and operators to various State DOTs and engineering firms under Federal aid contracts, from doing business with the Federal Government for a 5-year period. The debarment is retroactive from the date of suspension, April 27, 2018.
 
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10.25.2022
On October 6, 2022, Alexis Castillo Padilla pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to four counts of wire fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud interstate carriers and brokers operating in the trucking industry. Padilla was indicted in May 2019.
 
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10.24.2022