Engagement Memos
November 30, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Assessing the Adequacy of Security for Publicly Accessible Web Applications
Our work will include, but not be limited to, interviewing company officials, performing vulnerability assessments, and analyzing documents and data… Read more
November 23, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Monitoring the Work of the Independent Public Accountants Conducting the FY 2015 Financial Statement Audit and Single Audit
Our objectives are to:
(1) determine whether the IPA performed the audit of the company’s Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with… Read more
November 16, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Construction and Specialized Equipment and Vehicles
To accomplish our work, we will review the company’s policies, procedures, and practices for managing its fleet of construction and specialized… Read more
July 17, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Audit of Efforts to Implement Positive Train Control
Our audit objective is to assess the company’s progress addressing the challenges we noted in our interim report.
July 13, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Responding to Freedom of Information Act Requests
At the request of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs we are initiating work on the company’s process for responding… Read more
May 19, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Top Management and Performance Challenges
We are initiating a project to update our September 2014 report, Amtrak: Top Management and Performance Challenges. This report summarized our… Read more
May 14, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Assessing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Management Processes for Overseeing the General Electric Diesel Locomotive Service Contract
Our objective is to review the adequacy of contract oversight and administration, focusing on cost, schedule, and performance in terms of the… Read more
April 16, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Health Care Eligibility and Coordination of Benefits for Agreement-Covered Employees Audit
Our objective is to determine whether the company’s third-party health care administrators are paying only (1) medical and prescription claims for… Read more
April 14, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Assessing the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Management Processes for the Operations Foundation Program
We are initiating an audit of the Operations Foundation Program from our Annual Audit Plan. The Operations department manages this multi-year program… Read more
March 31, 2015 | Engagement Memos
Monitoring the Work of the Independent Public Accountants Conducting the FY 2014 Financial Statement Audit and Single Audit
This is to inform you that we are initiating engagements to monitor the work of the independent public accountant (IPA) performing the audits of… Read more