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August 16, 2022 | Audit Reports
ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT: Company’s Electronic Procurement System Limits Effective Contract Oversight
We initiated this work as a survey of Amtrak’s practices for developing and managing construction contracts. During our review, however, we… Read more
July 29, 2022 | Other Audit Correspondence
Termination of Project Code 001‐2022: Survey of Challenges with Host Railroad Preference
On December 21, 2021, we initiated a review of challenges associated with host
railroads providing dispatching preference to Amtrak trains. Our… Read more
July 12, 2022 | Audit Reports
HUMAN RESOURCES: The Company is Addressing Engineering Management Workforce Challenges, but Additional Work Remains
Our objective for this report was to assess the company’s efforts to address challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled engineering managers as… Read more
June 23, 2022 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Quality Control Review of Amtrak’s Single Audit for Fiscal Year 2021
Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial statements… Read more
June 15, 2022 | Audit Reports
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Improving Payment Request Controls Could Provide a Better Value for Purchases and Protect the Company’s Interests
Our objective for this report was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s controls over payment requests.
The company has a process… Read more
May 11, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo - High Security Keys
We are initiating a review of Amtrak’s (the company) controls overs its high-security keys, such as those that access rail switches and the right-of-… Read more
May 11, 2022 | Audit Reports
GOVERNANCE: Business Case for Company’s New Unified Operations Program Needs to be Updated
Our objective for this report was to assess the extent to which the company planned effectively for the Unified Operations Center (UOC) program,… Read more
March 24, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Project Cost Management
We are initiating an audit of the company’s project cost management practices. Our objective will be to assess the effectiveness of the company’s… Read more
March 11, 2022 | Audit Reports
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Better Requirements Could Help the Company Implement Technology Projects More Effectively
Our objective for this report was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s efforts to identify the technology needs of its business departments… Read more
February 23, 2022 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo— Monitoring the Work of the Independent Public Accountant Conducting the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Financial Statement Audit and Single Audit
We are initiating engagements to monitor the work of the independent public accountant (IPA) performing the audits of Amtrak’s (the company) fiscal… Read more