Pursuit's Take
FHWA does not effectively account for Federal highway and bridge funds used for PE. Specifically, the four FHWA Division Offices we reviewed do not effectively assess whether States’ systems and processes accurately account for PE projects. In addition, FHWA lacks effective controls and practices to promote transparent and accurate accounting for PE projects. For example, States incorrectly coded non-PE projects as PE in FHWA’s financial information database. Based on these results, OIG projects that Division Offices approved approximately $3.1 billion in Federal PE expenditures (8 percent of total PE expenditures) for non-PE highway and bridge projects nationwide.
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