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Rural and Tribal Transit: The Federal Transit Administration Should Evaluate Its Efforts to Help Improve Accessibility and Service
GAO-25-107455
Sep 05, 2025
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Federal Transit Administration The Administrator of FTA should establish a process to regularly assess the effectiveness of FTA's efforts in assisting rural and tribal communities' access and use of funding programs in support of its objectives, such as to remove barriers to transit access. Such an assessment could include, for example, identifying additional steps that FTA could take related to the streamlining of program requirements or other challenges communities may face. (Recommendation 1)
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Aviation Meteorologists: Urgent Actions Needed to Address Staffing Concerns
GAO-25-108597
Aug 28, 2025
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Federal Aviation Administration The Administrator of FAA, in close consultation with NWS, should fully identify potential risks to the safety and efficiency of the NAS caused by current meteorologist staffing levels and take urgent action to address them. (Recommendation 1)
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: DOT Should Better Communicate Funding Status and Assess Risks
GAO-25-107166
Jul 24, 2025
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should provide complete information to Congress on the amount of obligations and outlays for DOT's IIJA formula and discretionary grant programs. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should assess the risks posed by challenges that IIJA awardees face in signing grant agreements and take steps to respond to those risks. Such an assessment should comprehensively identify risks, assess their likelihood and severity, and monitor them. (Recommendation 2)
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Air Cargo: DOT Should Communicate Data Limitations and Identify Stakeholder Challenges
GAO-25-107334
Jul 23, 2025
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should ensure that the Director of BTS fully assesses the reliability of air cargo data in the Freight Analysis Framework and National Transportation Atlas Database and communicates the limitations of the data. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy evaluates existing sources of information and routinely communicates with air cargo stakeholders, to identify challenges to the efficient movement of air cargo and determine whether the agency needs to take steps to help address the challenges. (Recommendation 2)
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