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DOT OIG Report: Baseline Report on Major Project Monitoring of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

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Baseline Report on Major Project Monitoring of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, July 27, 2007.

  • “On Jul 27, 2007, we issued our baseline report resulting from our initial monitoring of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. The objectives of the monitoring were to (1) assess the status of the project, including costs, funding, and schedule and (2) identify any potential risks that may adversely affect its completion. The report identified several potential risk areas where the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) needs to provide vigilant oversight.”

    • New GAO Reports: DOD Business Transformation, Federal Timber Sales, Info Security, Public Transport Projects

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    DOD Business Transformation: Lack of an Integrated Strategy Puts the Army’s Asset Visibility System Investments at Risk, GAO-07-860, July 27, 2007 Federal Timber Sales: Forest Service Could Improve Efficiency of Field-Level Timber Sales Management by Maintaining More Detailed Data, GAO-07-764, June 27, 2007 Government Auditing Standards: July 2007 Revision, GAO-07-731G, July 2, 2007 Information Management:… Continue Reading

    New Report Details International Assistance Offers in Wake of Hurricane Katrina

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    Press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released the most comprehensive matrix available to date detailing all offers of assistance from around the world in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. CREW’s matrix is based on 25,000 Department of State (DOS) documents it received as a result of a lawsuit filed… Continue Reading