On January 30, 2018, an Amtrak supervisor was dismissed after an administrative hearing found that he violated company policy by accepting gifts and gratuities from Bayway Lumber (Bayway), a former Amtrak-approved vendor based in Linden, New Jersey.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- An employee of a Coral Springs addiction treatment center pleaded guilty to his role in obstructing an ongoing health care fraud investigation in Federal Court Tuesday.
I am pleased to present our audit plan for calendar year 2018. This plan provides a road map for accomplishing our mission to conduct independent and objective audits to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the programs and operations of Amtrak (the company), while also preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse. We strive to provide broad and balanced coverage of the company’s programs and operations that have historically been areas of interest to our internal and external stakeholders.
On May 30, 2017, we initiated an audit of the New York Penn Station Infrastructure Renewal Program. On July 7, 2017, we provided our preliminary observations on the company’s efforts to mitigate risks on the first phase of the Renewal Program, which spanned the period from July 7, 2017 through September 5, 2017.1 Overall, we identified some program risks but found that the company had taken positive steps to ensure that the Renewal Program stayed on schedule and to provide timely and relevant information to stakeholders.