All Audit Documents
September 21, 2011 | Audit Reports
Acela Car Purchase Draft Request for Proposal: Additional Requirements and Pre-Award Audit Clause Needed to Help Assess Proposed Cost and Price
The objective of this audit was to review the draft request for proposal (RFP) and determine whether it contained adequate requirements to assess the… Read more
July 08, 2011 | Audit Reports
Human Capital Management: Lack of Priority Has Slowed OIG-Recommended Actions to Improve Human Capital Management, Training, and Employee Development Practices
This report presents the results of our follow-up review of recent OIG evaluations of human capital management (E-09-03, May 15, 2009) and training… Read more
June 23, 2011 | Audit Reports
Food and Beverage Service: Further Actions Needed to Address Revenue Losses Due to Control Weaknesses and Gaps
The objectives of this report—based in part on work performed since 2003—are to provide Amtrak officials with (1) a summary of internal control… Read more
June 22, 2011 | Audit Reports
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Infrastructure Improvements Achieved but Less than Planned
The objective of this audit was to review American Recovery and Reinvestment-funded, Jacobs-managed projects to determine the extent to which planned… Read more
June 16, 2011 | Audit Reports
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Fewer Security Improvements than Anticipated Will be Made and Majority of Projects are Not Complete
The objective of this audit was to review American Recovery and Reinvestment funded police and security projects to determine the extent to which… Read more
June 02, 2011 | Audit Reports
Strategic Asset Management Program: Further Actions Should be Taken to Reduce Business Disruption Risk
The objective of this audit was to determine whether Strategic Asset Management (SAM) program’s implementation approach effectively addresses… Read more
April 21, 2011 | Audit Reports
On-Time-Performance Incentives: Inaccurate Invoices Were Paid Due to Long-standing Weaknesses in Amtrak’s Invoice-Review Process
The objectives of this audit were to (1) determine whether Metro-North Commuter Railroad complied with operating agreements in calculating on-time… Read more
March 31, 2011 | Audit Reports
Evaluation of Amtrak’s FY 2010 Fleet Strategy: A Commendable High-Level Plan That Needs Deeper Analysis and Planning Integration
Our objective was to assess whether the critical data and assumptions that have a material impact on the equipment and financial resource estimates… Read more
March 15, 2011 | Audit Reports
Operation RedBlock: Actions Needed to Improve Program Effectiveness
Our objectives were to determine the progress made by the company in implementing the recommendations made in our March 2008 evaluation report and to… Read more
January 14, 2011 | Audit Reports
Strategic Asset Management Program Controls Design Is Generally Sound, But Improvements Can Be Made
Our audit objective was to review SAM program’s internal controls design to determine whether it adequately identified and mitigated internal control… Read more