Book Description

GAO reviewed the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) management and oversight of federal transit grants. GAO found that: (1) FTA did not give high priority to oversight of federal grants but instead relied on assurances by grantees that they would manage federal funds properly; (2) problems often went undetected and uncorrected because FTA failed to oversee grantees' activities effectively; and (3) FTA has made a commitment to improving grant oversight by performing annual risk assessments of each grant recipient, establishing detailed procedures for monitoring recipients, and adopting a comprehensive enforcement system.