This is Amtrak's Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress. It highlights significant audits, evaluations, and investigations for the six-month period ending September 30, 2009. It is the OIG's responsibility to assist the Board and management in making improvements in Amtrak's core business operations which will improve the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of Amtrak services to the traveling public. The current semiannual report identifies some of the recent recommendations that the OIG has made which have resulted in cost savings, improved management policies and procedures, improved revenues, less cost, and more efficient and effective business processes. OIG investigators and special agents opened 85 new cases and closed 84 cases during the reporting period; 331 investigations remain active as of September 30. The OIG obtained four criminal indictments, and five criminal convictions/pleas; 20 other cases are pending prosecutorial review. As you will see in the detailed reports, the casework continues to reflect the need for Amtrak to protect better its passenger revenues, and the OIG is working with management to improve controls over the $1.4 billion revenue stream.
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Office of the Inspector General, Semiannual Report to Congress (April 1, 2009 - September 30, 2009)
2009
40 pages
Report
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English
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