Audit Reports
March 10, 2015 | Audit Reports
ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT: IMPROVED MANAGEMENT WILL LEAD TO ACELA PARTS CONTRACT COST SAVINGS
Our audit objective was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the company’s management of the Acela parts contract.
February 19, 2015 | Audit Reports
SAFETY AND SECURITY: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Safe-2-Safer Program
Our reporting objectives are to review (1) the extent to which Safe-2-Safer program goals are being met, (2) whether opportunities exist to improve… Read more
February 12, 2015 | Audit Reports
SAFETY AND SECURITY: Opportunities to Improve Controls Over Police Department Workforce Planning
The objective of this audit was to make a comparative analysis of Amtrak Police Department’s (APD) workforce planning practices and best practices to… Read more
February 11, 2015 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Efficiency of Procurement Practices for Goods and Services
Our reporting objective was to review procurement practices to determine whether there are opportunities to more economically procure goods and… Read more
February 09, 2015 | Audit Reports
Quality Control Review: Single Audit Report, National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Subsidiaries, Year Ended September 30, 2013
Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial… Read more
January 13, 2015 | Audit Reports
Quality Control Review: Independent Audit of Amtrak’s Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Years Ended 2013 and 2012
Amtrak (the Company) contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial… Read more
December 19, 2014 | Audit Reports
ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT: Gateway Program Projects Have Certain Cost and Schedule Risks
Our objective for this report is to provide an updated assessment on progress and risk on the two Gateway Program tunnel projects.
October 23, 2014 | Audit Reports
ASSET MANAGEMENT: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Decision-Making Process for Utilization of Long-Distance Equipment
Amtrak’s network of 15 long-distance trains is expected to lose almost $615 million in fiscal year 2014. In October 2013, the company established a… Read more
September 26, 2014 | Audit Reports
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY REPORT GOVERNANCE: Employee Time Charges Trend Data for Calendar Year 2013
Our objective was to develop information on the extent to which agreement employees reported working 16 or more hours of straight time in a day—and… Read more
August 04, 2014 | Audit Reports
TRAIN OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Addressing Management Weaknesses Is Key to Enhancing the Americans with Disabilities Program
Our reporting objective is to assess the progress toward achieving the ADA program goals and to address the management control issues raised in our… Read more