On December 28, 2011, we issued our final report on DOT’s implementation of single audit recommendations and cost recovery.  We found that for single audit findings classified as high priority, the five Operating Administrations (OA) we reviewed[1] issued decisions on grantees’ planned corrective actions within the Office of Management and Budget’s prescribed deadline.  However, for lower priority findings, the OAs issued untimely and incomplete decisions on grantees’ planned corrective actions.  …click to read more…

On December 28, 2011, we issued our final report on DOT’s implementation of single audit recommendations and cost recovery.  We found that for single audit findings classified as high priority, the five Operating Administrations (OA) we reviewed[1] issued decisions on grantees’ planned corrective actions within the Office of Management and Budget’s prescribed deadline.  However, for lower priority findings, the OAs issued untimely and incomplete decisions on grantees’ planned corrective actions.  …click to read more…

On December 15, 2011, Rodger C. Seratt, was indicted in U.S. District Court, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on two counts of false statements and two counts of operating an aircraft without an Airman’s certificate.  Our investigation determined that Mr. Seratt made false statements on applications to the FAA for the purpose of obtaining an Airman’s Medical Certificate.  Additionally, on two occasions in the Eastern District of Missouri, Mr. Seratt was observed …click to read more…

On December 15, 2011, Rodger C. Seratt, was indicted in U.S. District Court, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on two counts of false statements and two counts of operating an aircraft without an Airman’s certificate.  Our investigation determined that Mr. Seratt made false statements on applications to the FAA for the purpose of obtaining an Airman’s Medical Certificate.  Additionally, on two occasions in the Eastern District of Missouri, Mr. Seratt was observed …click to read more…

On December 19, 2011, Santos Eliazar Rivas was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Baltimore, Maryland, to 12 months of home detention and 24 months of probation, following his September 2011 guilty plea to three counts of making false statements involving highway projects funded in part by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).  Mr. Rivas, former Director of Quality Control for Frederick Precast Concrete, Inc. (FPC) was also ordered to pay restitution in …click to read more…

On December 19, 2011, Santos Eliazar Rivas was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Baltimore, Maryland, to 12 months of home detention and 24 months of probation, following his September 2011 guilty plea to three counts of making false statements involving highway projects funded in part by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).  Mr. Rivas, former Director of Quality Control for Frederick Precast Concrete, Inc. (FPC) was also ordered to pay restitution in …click to read more…