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Oversight Weaknesses Limit DOT’s Ability to Ensure Passenger Protections During Long, On-Board Flight Delays
Airline passengers experienced over 2 million flight delays per year in 2012 and 2013. Of these, few are classified as long, on-board delays—that is, delays exceeding 3 hours when passengers are on the aircraft.
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Date: 10.09.2014
PDF icon Long Onboard Flight Delays.pdf
FAA Is Not Effectively Managing Air Traffic Controller Mid-Term Bargaining Agreements
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) management of its air traffic control workforce—one of the Agency’s largest cost drivers—depends on effective coordination and negotiation with its labor union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Assoc
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Date: 06.19.2014
PDF icon FAA NATCA 2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement Audit Report^6-19-14.pdf
Addressing Underlying Causes for NextGen Delays Will Require Sustained FAA Leadership and Action
Over the past 8 years, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been working to develop the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)—a multibillion-dollar program intended to fundamentally transform the Nation’s air traffic system.
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Date: 02.25.2014
PDF icon FAA Underlying Causes for NextGen Delays^2-25-14.pdf
Actions Are Needed To Strengthen FMCSA's Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program
To improve commercial motor vehicle safety, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program nationwide at the end of 2010.
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Date: 03.05.2014
PDF icon CSA Report.pdf
Quality Control Review of Controls over DOT's Protection of Privacy Information
We conducted a quality control review of an audit, performed by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, of the DOT’s practices for the protection of personally identifiable information (PII).
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Date: 06.05.2014
PDF icon QCR of DOT Privacy Protections.pdf
FHWA’s Federal Lands Highway Program Lacks Adequate Processes for Thoroughly Evaluating Contract Bid Prices
Between October 2012 and September 2013, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Federal Lands Highways (FLH) awarded $305 million in contracts, which totaled 53 percent of FHWA’s fixed-price contracts.
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Date: 10.09.2014
PDF icon FHWA contract bid prices re Fed lands hwys 508.pdf
FTA’s National Transit Database: Data Used for Allocating Transit Grants Were Generally Supported
In fiscal year 2014, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) distributed $4.3 billion to urbanized areas, States, and territories through its largest grant program, the Urbanized Area Formula Program.
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Date: 09.16.2014
PDF icon NTD Final Report.pdf
MWAA’s Financial Management Controls Are Not Sufficient To Ensure Eligibility of Expenses on FTA’s Dulles Rail Project Grant
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is an independent public body responsible for the design and construction of Phases 1 and 2 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project.  In March 2009, the Federal Transit Administra
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Date: 01.16.2014
PDF icon MWAA financial management controls.pdf
Accuracy And Reliability Of DOT’s Improper Payment Reporting Can Be Improved
The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) encourages the elimination of payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal programs.
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Date: 04.15.2014
PDF icon DOT Improper Payment Reporting Audit^4-15-14.pdf
Inadequate Planning, Limited Revenue, and Rising Costs Undermine Efforts to Sustain Washington, DC’s, Union Station
Union Station is Washington, DC’s main multimodal transportation hub as well as a commercial retail center. Each year, it serves millions of rail passengers, transit riders, residents, and tourists.
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Date: 04.01.2014
PDF icon FRA and USRC Oversight of Union Station Final Report 04-01-14.pdf

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