All Audit Documents
January 21, 2020 | Audit Reports
TRAIN OPERATIONS: Acela 21 Program Continues to Face Significant Risk of Delays, Warranting More Contingency Planning
The objective for this report was to identify current risks to launching revenue service of Amtrak’s $2.1 billion Acela 21 program on schedule and… Read more
December 10, 2019 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Stronger Controls Would Help Identify Fraudulent Medical Claims Sooner and Limit Losses
This report assesses the effectiveness of the company’s controls to mitigate the risk of fraud in its payments to non hospital facilities. We focused… Read more
December 09, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of the Company’s Management of the Moynihan Train Hall Program (Project code 004‐2020)
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak’s Moynihan Train Hall Program, a key component of the company’s effort to transform the former Farley Post… Read more
December 04, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of the Company’s Monitoring of Prescription Opioid Misuse in its Workforce
We are initiating an audit of potential opioid misuse in the company’s workforce. Our objective is to assess company efforts to monitor the use of… Read more
November 01, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Management of Maintenance-of-Way Resources During Track Outages
We are initiating an audit of the Engineering department’s management of maintenance-of-way resources during track outages. Our objective is to… Read more
November 01, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of procurement and vendor payment practices
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak’s (the company’s) procurement and vendor payment practices. This audit is following up on our previous work in… Read more
October 23, 2019 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Better Management of Reimbursable Projects Could Help the Company Consider Benefits and Recover its Costs
This report assesses the extent to which the company effectively manages reimbursable projects, including its use of controls to help it recover its… Read more
October 14, 2019 | Audit Reports
Train Operations: Better Estimates Needed of the Financial Impacts of Poor On-Time Performance
The objective of this Congressionally mandated report was to identify potential cost savings or revenue improvements associated with improved on-time… Read more
September 30, 2019 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Improving Controls Over the Use of Procurement Cards Could Better Ensure Compliance and Limit Potential Misuse
This report assesses the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over the use of procurement cards.
Although the company’s policies… Read more
September 11, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Acela 21
Our objective is to assess the extent to which the company has identified and mitigated potential risks to successfully completing the program. We… Read more