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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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2 Open Recommendations
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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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Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: Improved Performance Management Needs to Be Part of Any Related Federal Efforts
GAO-25-106992
Jul 22, 2025
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Joint Office of Energy and Transportation The Executive Director of the Joint Office should fully implement a performance management framework that defines and assesses progress toward performance goals. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should direct the FHWA Administrator to fully implement a performance management framework for NEVI that defines and assesses progress toward performance goals. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should direct the FHWA Administrator to fully implement a performance management framework for CFI that defines and assesses progress toward performance goals. (Recommendation 3)
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Aviation Research and Development: FAA Could Improve Its Reporting on Safety Programs
GAO-25-107697
Jul 08, 2025
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Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should direct FAA to report on the percentage of its appropriated funds, including the programs and funding amounts, from the Research, Engineering, and Development account that are used for safety R&D projects, as part of its annual reporting process. (Recommendation 1)
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