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GAO-19-550SP 1 (2019-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadzfd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: cIAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States April 29, 2019 The Honorable Elaine L. Chao Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Priority Open Recommendations: U.S. Department of Transportation Dear Madam Secretary: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.' In November 2018, we reported that on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOT's recommendation implementation rate was 81 percent. As of March 2019, DOT had 159 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations should significantly improve DOT's operations. Since our April 2018 letter, DOT has implemented 3 of our 13 open priority recommendations. This work has addressed concerns related to vehicle cybersecurity by defining DOT's role in responding to vehicle cyberattacks, and addressed safety risks to oil and gas pipelines by updating emergency response regulations. Additionally, DOT has taken actions to improve oversight of federal surface transportation programs and its grantees' performance, which will help in addressing the high-risk area of improving funding for surface transportation. DOT has 10 priority recommendations remaining from those we identified in our 2018 letter. We ask your continued attention to these remaining recommendations. We are adding 6 priority recommendations this year related to safety risks related to positive train control implementation, Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) transition to a state safety oversight model, and improvements to DOT's cybersecurity infrastructure. This brings the total number of priority recommendations to 16. (See the enclosure for the list of these recommendations.) The following 16 priority recommendations fall into 6 areas. Funding surface transportation. As we discuss below, funding surface transportation is among the highest risks facing the government. We have identified two priority 1 Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operation, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a High Risk or duplication issue. 2 GAO, Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2018, GAO-19-1SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov 15, 2018

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