This letter provides an update to your request of April 8, 2010,1 for information on all of our closed audits, investigations, and evaluations that have not been publicly disclosed. We are also providing a list of open and unimplemented Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommendations. From May I, 2010, through June 30, 2013, all OIG audit and evaluation reports have been disclosed to the public on our website.
The objective of this audit was to determine whether Metro North Commuter Railroad (Metro North) invoices to Amtrak for OTP incentives from January 2005 through December 2010 were accurate.
Our audit objectives were to determine whether the Committee (1) has complied with the terms of the grant agreement, to include the propriety of grant expenditures; (2) produced the deliverables contained in the grant provisions; and (3) has established adequate internal controls to govern its activities.
The objective of this audit was to determine whether Union Pacific (the host railroad) on-time-performance incentives and services invoiced to Amtrak from June 1995 through December 1999 were accurate.
Amtrak has started to focus management attention on improving controls over the approval and use of overtime. However, much work remains to be done, and current management controls over the approval and oversight of overtime are inadequate. This situation leaves the company highly vulnerable to overtime fraud and abuse.
The objective of this audit was to determine whether charges for services BNSF invoiced to Amtrak for trains operating over its tracks from October 1, 2001 through December 31, 2004 were accurate.
Our investigation disclosed that an employee who worked in a prominent leadership position of significant trust was found to have abused his Amtrak vehicle privileges and engaged in substantial time and attendance abuse. We determined that this employee regularly worked as a high school football coach and trainer during claimed paid hours.