New Jersey Individual Charged With Stealing Locomotive Air Horns

By Eric.Weems

On October 17, 2023, Jeremy Hayes, a New Jersey Transit (NJT) employee, was charged via a criminal complaint in the Roxbury Township Municipal Court, Morris County, New Jersey, with receiving stolen property. Allegedly, Hayes stole, transported, and stored 32 locomotive air horns from multiple transportation companies, including Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration regulations require each lead locomotive to be equipped with a locomotive horn for safe operation.

November 6^th 2023 at 19:05

Audit Initiated of DOT’s Information Security Program and Practices for Fiscal Year 2024

By ada.valaitis

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 2024, subject to our oversight.

November 8^th 2023 at 18:08

Rec Maint Rpt (333)_2023.11.02-2023.11.09 (P).csv

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November 9^th 2023 at 14:17

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November 9^th 2023 at 14:17

Quality Control Review on the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation’s Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

By ada.valaitis

What We Looked At

November 15^th 2023 at 16:45

Quality Control Review of the Independent Auditor’s Report on the National Transportation Safety Board’s Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

By ada.valaitis

What We Looked At

November 15^th 2023 at 17:47

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November 16^th 2023 at 13:46

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November 16^th 2023 at 13:46

Quality Control Review of the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Surface Transportation Board’s Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

By Eric.Weems

What We Looked At

November 16^th 2023 at 16:09

Quality Control Review of the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

By Eric.Weems

What We Looked At

November 16^th 2023 at 17:28

Quality Control Review on the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Department of Transportation’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022

By Eric.Weems

What We Looked At

November 17^th 2023 at 17:09

Off-Duty Commercial Pilot Arrested and Charged With Interfering With Flight Crew

By ada.valaitis

On October 22, 2023, Joseph Emerson, an off-duty commercial pilot, was arrested after attempting to shut down the engines of an in-flight passenger plane.

November 20^th 2023 at 18:14

Former President of Asphalt Paving Company Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging

By ada.valaitis

On October 30, 2023, Daniel Israel, former president and part-owner of an asphalt paving company, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for conspiring to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in Michigan. According to the information filed in September 2023, as early as March 2013 until at least November 2018, Israel entered into and engaged in a conspiracy with another company and co-conspirators to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to rig bids for asphalt paving services in Michigan.

November 20^th 2023 at 18:18

Revised Notification: Review of Air Carrier Flight Delays and Cancellations

By ada.valaitis

OIG is conducting an ongoing audit related to air carrier flight delays and cancellations, originally announced on February 21, 2023. Due to the breadth of data collected by both the Federal Aviation Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) on flight delays and cancellations, we are adjusting our audit to focus on the reliability of the flight delay and cancellation data collected by BTS. Our revised audit objective is to assess the controls BTS has in place to ensure the completeness and accuracy of on-time performance and reported causes data.

November 21^st 2023 at 20:05

DOT’s Policies and Do Not Pay Portal Use Are Not Sufficient To Comply With the DNP Initiative

By ada.valaitis

What We Looked At

November 22^nd 2023 at 14:11

Summary Report on Significant Single Audit Findings Impacting DOT Programs for the 3-Month Period Ending September 30, 2023

By Eric.Weems

What We Looked At

We queried and downloaded 91 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between July 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023, to identify significant findings related to programs directly funded by the Department of Transportation (DOT).

What We Found