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Audit Initiated of Improper Payment Oversight of FHWA ARRA Programs
The Office of Inspector General is initiating an audit of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) prevention and detection of improper payments in its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - April 2013
On May 7, 2013, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of April 2013. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRA and nonARRA...
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Lessons Learned From ARRA Could Improve the Federal Highway Administration's...
On May 7, 2013, we reported that FHWA inspections did not routinely verify whether States detected instances of noncompliance with some Federal requirements.FHWA Use of Full Oversight^5-7-13.pdfread more
View ArticleMaine Man Sentenced for Embezzlement from a Federally Funded Program
On May 21, 2013, Thomas Nelson, former Chief Executive Officer, York County Community Action Corporation (YCCAC), was sentenced in United States District Court, Portland, Maine, to 30 months of...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - May 2013
On June 7, 2013, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of May 2013. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRA and non-ARRA...
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Lessons Learned From the East Side Access Project Can Enhance FTA’s Oversight...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has committed nearly $2.7 billion in Federal funding to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) East Side Access (ESA) project, FTA's Oversight of NYC...
View ArticleGuam Company President Sentenced for his Role in a Buy America Billing Scheme...
On June 27, 2013, in the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Hubtec International Corporation (Hubtec) president and project manager, Young C.read more
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Audit Initiated of FHWA’s Oversight of Recovery Act Project Closeouts
The Office of the Inspector General plans to initiate an audit of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) highway project closeouts byFHWA...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - June 2013
On July 10, 2013, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of June 2013. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRA and noARRA...
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Termination of Audit of Improper Payment Oversight in FHWA ARRA Programs
On April 30, 2013, the Office of Inspector General initiated an audit to evaluate whether FHWA has adequate internal controls to prevent and detect improper payments to American Recovery and ReinveFHWA...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - July 2013
On August 8, 2013, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of July 2013. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRA and nARRA...
View ArticlePennsylvania Painter Charged with False Statements
On August 22, 2013, Walter Morgan, aka Walter Eduardo Morgan Gomez, a painter contractor in Philadelphia, was indicted in U.S.USAO, Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Press Releaseread more
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FHWA Is Monitoring Unexpended Recovery Act Highway Funds, but Some Funds May...
On September 4, 2013, we issued a report on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) monitoring of unexpended American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Our report examinWeb...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - August 2013
On September 9, 2013, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of August 2013. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRA ARRA...
View ArticleMassachusetts Man and Construction Companies Charged by Information
On June 18, 2013, Juan J. Alonso and Aguila Construction Company, Inc.USAO, Press Release - District of Massachusettsread more
View ArticleMassachusetts Construction Company and Owner Pleads Guilty To Fraud Related...
On September 4, 2013, in U.S. District Court, Boston, Massachusetts, Juan J.read more
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - September 2013
On October 28, 2013, we issued our monthly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the month of September 2013. The report summarizes our cumulative ARRARRA...
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Opportunities Exist To Strengthen FHWA’s Coordination, Guidance, and...
On October 30, 2013, we issued a report on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) which provides funding for projects that support safe andFHWA...
View ArticleMassachusetts Construction Company and Owner Sentenced for Theft and False...
On November 7, 2013, in U.S. District Court, Boston, Massachusetts, Juan J.read more
View ArticleGuam Firm Sentenced for its role in a Buy America Billing Scheme on a $1.8...
On December 11, 2013, in the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Hubtec International Corporation (Hubtec), was sentenced to 5 years of probation, and ordered to pay restitutiread more
View ArticleOwner of an Ohio Construction Firm Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud and False...
On February 3, 2014, Scott Bonamase, Owner, Bonamase Construction, pleaded guilty in U.S.read more
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - October through December 2013
On January 23, 2014, we issued our first quarterly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the period of October - December 2013.ARRA Financial & Activity...
View ArticleOhio Project Engineer Pleads Guilty for Failure to Pay Taxes
On March 10, 2014, David Bonamase, Project Engineer, Bonamase Contracting, Inc., pleaded guilty in U.S.read more
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ARRA Lessons Learned: FTA Needs To Improve Its Grant Oversight To Prevent...
In February 2009, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) received $8.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for economic stimulus and recovery grantsFTA Oversight of...
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ARRA Financial & Activity Report - January through March 2014
On April 15, 2014, we issued our second quarterly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the period of January - March 2014. The report summarizes our DOT OIG...
View ArticleConnecticut Man Charged for Falsifying Documents
On March 10, 2014, Barry Purnell was charged with larceny in Connecticut Superior Court.read more
View ArticleFormer Bridge Inspector Suspended by the Federal Highway Administration
On April 16, 2014, the Federal Highway Administration suspended and proposed the debarment of Barry Purnell in response to charges filed against him by the State of Connecticut. Purnell was chread more
View ArticleBridge Painting Company Employees Indicted for Numerous Federal Criminal...
On May 21, 2014, the U.S.USAO, Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Press Releaseread more
View ArticleFHWA Suspends Liberty Alpha Joint Venture Officials
On July 16, 2014, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the suspension and proposed debarment of officials from Liberty Alpha Joint Venture (Liberty). This is relative to a read more
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ARRA Financial and Activty Report April - June 2014
On July 21, 2014, we issued our third quarterly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Financial and Activity Report for the period of January - June 2014. The report summarizes our cumDOT OIG...
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