All Audit Documents
November 07, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—New Acela Program Delivery
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak’s (the company) New Acela program. This will be our fifth review in a series on the New Acela program. Our… Read more
October 27, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo— Customer Service
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak’s (the company) customer service program. Our objective will be to assess the company’s efforts to collect and… Read more
October 18, 2022 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Company Appears on Track to Achieve Emissions Reduction Goals; Opportunities Exist to Reduce Excess Idling and Provide Training
Our objective for this report was to assess how effective the company has been in achieving its emissions-reduction goals.
To… Read more
September 06, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Agreement Workforce Audit
We are initiating a review of Amtrak’s (the company) strategies to build its agreement workforce. Our objective will be to assess the company’s… Read more
September 01, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo— Inventory Controls and Management
We are initiating a review of Amtrak’s (the company) inventory controls and management. Our objective will be to evaluate company’s processes… Read more
August 16, 2022 | Audit Reports
ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT: Company’s Electronic Procurement System Limits Effective Contract Oversight
We initiated this work as a survey of Amtrak’s practices for developing and managing construction contracts. During our review, however, we… Read more
July 29, 2022 | Other Audit Correspondence
Termination of Project Code 001‐2022: Survey of Challenges with Host Railroad Preference
On December 21, 2021, we initiated a review of challenges associated with host
railroads providing dispatching preference to Amtrak trains. Our… Read more
July 12, 2022 | Audit Reports
HUMAN RESOURCES: The Company is Addressing Engineering Management Workforce Challenges, but Additional Work Remains
Our objective for this report was to assess the company’s efforts to address challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled engineering managers as… Read more
June 23, 2022 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Quality Control Review of Amtrak’s Single Audit for Fiscal Year 2021
Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial statements… Read more
June 15, 2022 | Audit Reports
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Improving Payment Request Controls Could Provide a Better Value for Purchases and Protect the Company’s Interests
Our objective for this report was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s controls over payment requests.
The company has a process… Read more