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GAO-01-347R 1 (2001-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaloo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 March 16, 2001 The Honorable Joe Knollenberg Chairman, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Subject: Restructuring of the District of Columbia Department of Public Works' Division of Transportation This letter responds to the Subcommittee's request for information on how the government of the District of Columbia (District) is addressing two factors-a staffing shortage and an increased workload-that may be affecting the ability of the Department of Public Works (DPW), Division of Transportation (DDOT), to contract for work. In June 2000, we briefed the Subcommittee that as of April 30, 2000, $530.5 million in unexpended federal-aid funds was available to DDOT for projects that date back to at least fiscal year 1993. Of that amount, at least $282 million was for projects for which contracts had not been awarded.' We also reported that DDOT's processing times for design and construction projects were lengthy-25.7 months and 21.6 months, respectively, from the date the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) notified DDOT of its obligation ceiling to the date when the contractor was sent the notice to proceed with the work. At that time, the new Acting Director of DDOT said that problems with staffing and procedures, such as those for internal and external project review and approval, were delaying the award of contracts for projects. As agreed with the Subcommittee, the objectives of our work were to provide information on (1) how state and other engineering and construction organizations were handling staffing shortages and increased workloads and (2) the status of the District's efforts to reorganize DDOT to improve service. As further agreed, we provided the District with the information we gathered on what others, including two 'The $530.5 million refers to obligated, unexpended federal-aid funds. Under the federal-aid highway program, the federal government's obligation to pay the states and the District of Columbia for the federal share of a project's eligible costs occurs when the project is approved and the project agreement is executed. See 23 U.S.C. § 106. The term obligation can also refer to the commitment the government makes when it awards a contract. GAO-01-347R Restructuring the District's Division of Transportation

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