All Audit Documents
March 23, 2018 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Top Management and Performance Challenges – Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 (Project code 008‐2018)
We are initiating a project to update our March 2017 report, Amtrak: Top Management and Performance Challenges – Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018.1 This… Read more
March 14, 2018 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Opportunities to Improve Controls over Medical Claim Payments
We found that the company appears to be identifying only a small portion of potentially fraudulent medical claims made by individual medical service… Read more
March 12, 2018 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: QUALITY CONTROL REVIEW OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF AMTRAK'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2017
Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial… Read more
February 22, 2018 | Audit Reports
ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT: Contracts Included Key Provisions to Reduce Risks, but the Company Lacks an Efficient and Effective Contract Management System
Our audit objectives were to assess whether key contract provisions aimed at mitigating legal and financial risks were included in high-value, high-… Read more
January 26, 2018 | Other Audit Correspondence
Close-Out Memo: New York Penn Station Infrastructure Renewal Program
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… Read more
January 08, 2018 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo-Monitoring of the Acela Express 2021 Program
This is to inform you that we are initiating work to monitor Amtrak’s (the company’s) Acela Express 2021 Program. This program represents the largest… Read more
January 08, 2018 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo-Monitoring Revenue Growth Initiative
This is to inform you that we are initiating work to monitor Amtrak’s (the company’s) activities associated with the Revenue Growth Initiative,… Read more
November 28, 2017 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Train Control Systems Security
We are initiating a security audit of Amtrak’s train control systems, including the Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control (CETC) system,… Read more
November 27, 2017 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Private Railcar Services
We are initiating an audit of the company’s management of private railcar services. Our objective is to assess the extent to which the company is… Read more
November 27, 2017 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Real Property Management
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an audit to assess Amtrak’s real property management functions. Our objective is to determine… Read more