FY2017 PROPOSED BUDGET

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Proposed FY2017 Budget
Chapter 3
• OIG also reviewed at least eight contractor proposals for reasonableness of cost/pricing
information and suggested about $4.5 million in net adjustments to the Office of
Procurement for use in contract negotiations. In addition, the office issued at least 20 other
attestation reports for billing rate and pre-award reviews.
• OIG’s audit component successfully “passed” an internal quality assurance review to
ensure its internal quality control system operated to provide reasonable assurance of
compliance with Government Auditing Standards.
• OIG successfully supervised Metro’s annual independent audit of financial accounts.
• OIG updated its audit risk assessment to feed into OIG’s (Board approved) Calendar Year
2016 Work Plan.
• OIG’s investigative component handled the review, referral or subsequent investigation of
over 400 complaints of the OIG hotline.
• OIG’s investigative component issued at least 15 confidential reports of investigations
involving fraud, waste and abuse.
• OIG’s investigative handled at least 10 whistleblower cases providing confidential and
timely reports to the Whistleblower Panel.
• OIG’s investigative component continued to coordinate investigations with federal and
state agencies and/or the MTPD, when appropriate.
• OIG provided internal controls and fraud awareness training to Metro departments and
offices upon request.
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