Audit Engagement Memo: Amtrak's Implementation of the 2008 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act

This is to inform you, we are starting an audit to assess Amtrak's progress in implementing the 2008 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA) provisions. PRIIA Section 221 requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to assess Amtrak and Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) progress in implementing the Act's provisions within three years of PRIIA’s enactment, and two years thereafter.