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  • management of overtime: best practice controls can help in developing needed policies and procedures
    amtrak has started to focus management attention on improving controls over the approval and use of overtime. however, much work remains to be done, and current management controls over the approval and oversight of overtime are inadequate. this situation leaves the company highly vulnerable to overtime fraud and abuse.
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  • amtrak invoice review: internal control weaknesses lead to overpayments (union pacific)
    the objective of this audit was to determine whether union pacific (the host railroad) on-time-performance incentives and services invoiced to amtrak from june 1995 through december 1999 were accurate.
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  • audit of grant agreement: next generation equipment committee materially complied with terms of the grant agreement
    our audit objectives were to determine whether the committee (1) has complied with the terms of the grant agreement, to include the propriety of grant expenditures; (2) produced the deliverables contained in the grant provisions; and (3) has established adequate internal controls to govern its activities.
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  • amtrak invoice review: internal control weaknesses lead to overpayments (metro north)
    the objective of this audit was to determine whether metro north commuter railroad (metro north) invoices to amtrak for otp incentives from january 2005 through december 2010 were accurate.
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  • amtrak employee dismissed for theft and failure to take a drug test
    oig investigated allegations that an amtrak machinist stole company property and smoked marijuana at work. a small amount of amtrak property was recovered during a search of the employee’s home.
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  • peer review conducted by tennessee valley authority office of inspector general
    the office of inspector general (oig) maintains a system of quality control to ensure that work performed adheres to established oig policies and procedures, meets established standards of performance, and is carried out economically, efficiently, and effectively. also, in accordance with government auditing standards, the oig’s auditing function is subject to peer review. peer reviews provide…
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  • fiscal year 2011 annual audit, inspection and evaluation plan
    i am pleased to present the fiscal year 2011 annual audit, inspection, and evaluation plan for the amtrak office of inspector general. this year promises to be another challenging and demanding one as we attempt to address the many complex issues confronting amtrak in its daily effort to provide high quality passenger rail transportation to the nation. this plan outlines the areas where we intend…
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  • training and employee development
    in may 2009, the amtrak office of inspector general (oig) issued evaluation report e-09-03, “human capital management”. that report was the result of a year and a half effort evaluating amtrak’s human capital management practices. during the course of that evaluation, we decided to conduct a separate and more detailed review focusing specifically on training and employee development. this report…
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  • amtrak's infrastructure maintenance program
    the purpose of this review was to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of amtrak’s infrastructure maintenance program and to identify opportunities for improvement.
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  • financial impact of equipment delays
    the objective of this study was to provide amtrak with a tool to assess the economic benefits of investing in initiatives to improve the reliability of equipment. having the ability to quantify the benefits of proposed initiatives will not only enhance the business cases of new proposals, but also provide a means to prioritize programs vying for scarce resources.
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