Federal Highway Administrations Oversight Of Federal Aid And Recovery Act Projects Administered By Local Public Agencies Needs Strengthening

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ISBN 13 : 9781722231408
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book Federal Highway Administration's Oversight of Federal-Aid and Recovery ACT Projects Administered by Local Public Agencies Needs Strengthening written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal Highway Administration's oversight of Federal-aid and Recovery Act projects administered by local public agencies needs strengthening : Federal Highway Administration.

Author : U.s. Department of Transportation
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ISBN 13 : 9781723466816
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book Federal Highway Administrations Oversight of Federal-aid and Recovery Act Projects Administered by Local Public Agencies Needs Strengthening written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal Highway Administration's oversight of Federal-aid and Recovery Act projects administered by local public agencies needs strengthening : Federal Highway Administration.

Author : United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Inspector General
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Total Pages : 25 pages
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Download or read book Federal Highway Administration's oversight of Federal-aid and Recovery Act projects administered by local public agencies needs strengthening written by United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of an ongoing ARRA oversight, this audit was initiated to determine whether FHWA has taken actions to reduce risks identified with locally administered highway projects. Specifically, they assessed (1) the extent of LPA compliance with Federal requirements and (2) the effectiveness of FHWA's actions in ensuring that states have adequate LPA oversight programs. To conduct this audit, they selected 4 states (California, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas) for site visits.

Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal-aid Highways written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal-aid highway program provides over $25 billion a year to states for highway and bridge projects, often paying 80 percent of these projects' costs. The federal government provides funding for and oversees this program, while states largely choose and manage the projects. Ensuring that states effectively control the cost and schedule performance of these projects is essential to ensuring that federal funds are used efficiently. We reviewed the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) approach to improving its federal-aid highway project oversight efforts since we last reported on it in 2002, including (1) FHWA's oversight-related goals and performance measures, (2) FHWA's oversight improvement activities, (3) challenges FHWA faces in improving project oversight, and (4) best practices for project oversight. FHWA has made progress in improving its oversight efforts since 2002, but it lacks a comprehensive approach, including goals and measures that guide its activities; workforce plans that support these goals and measures; and data collection and analysis efforts that help identify problems and transfer lessons learned. FHWA's 2004 performance plan established, for the first time, performance goals and outcome measures to limit cost growth and schedule slippage on projects, but these goals and measures have not been effectively implemented because FHWA has not linked its day-to-day activities or the expectations set for its staff to them, nor is FHWA fully using them to identify problems and target its oversight. FHWA undertook activities in response to concerns raised about the adequacy of its oversight efforts that have both promising elements and limitations. For example, while FHWA now assigns a project oversight manager to each major project (generally projects costing $1 billion or more) and identified skills these managers should possess, it has not yet defined the role of these managers or established agencywide performance expectations for them. While FHWA issued guidance to improve cost estimating and began collecting information on cost increases, it still does not have the capability to track and measure cost growth on projects. Finally, although FHWA received direction to develop a more multidisciplinary workforce to conduct oversight, it has not fully incorporated this direction into its recruiting and training efforts. FHWA faces challenges to improving its oversight that are in large part rooted in the structure of the federal-aid highway program and in FHWA's organization and culture. As such, they may be difficult to surmount. For example, because the program does not link funding to states with the accomplishment of performance goals and outcome measures, it may be difficult for FHWA to define the role and purpose of its oversight. Also, FHWA's decentralized organization makes it difficult to achieve a consistent organizational vision. Human capital challenges affecting much of the federal government have affected FHWA, particularly in its need to transform its workforce to meet its evolving oversight mission. FHWA faces an increased oversight workload in the years ahead as the number of major projects grows and if provisions Congress is considering to increase FHWA's responsibilities become law. Questions exist about FHWA's ability to effectively absorb these new responsibilities, overcome underlying challenges, and improve its oversight. We identified selected best practices that could help FHWA develop a framework for a comprehensive approach to project oversight. These include establishing measurable goals to objectively and quantifiably assess progress, making oversight managers accountable for the effective implementation of these goals, providing professional training, and collecting and transferring lessons learned.

Author : United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Inspector General
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Total Pages : 23 pages
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Download or read book Improvements to Stewardship and Oversight Agreements are Needed to Enhance Federal Aid Highway Program Management written by United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) oversees billions of dollars in Federal-aid Highway Program (FAHP) funds provided annually to the States and local public agencies (LPAs) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for highway infrastructure investments. To oversee this substantial investment, FHWA relies greatly on the States to monitor the thousands of projects receiving Federal funds. Stewardship and Oversight Agreements (Agreements), which are required by law, formalize the roles and responsibilities of FHWA Division Offices and the States to ensure adequate oversight of Federal funds, project quality, and safety. FHWA formalized its process for developing Agreements in its April 2006 and August 2011 Stewardship and Oversight Agreement Guidance. As part of our ongoing ARRA oversight, we conducted this audit to assess whether FHWA Stewardship and Oversight Agreements address Federal requirements and program risks, including those required by the Recovery Act. The objectives of this audit were to determine the extent to which FHWA (1) established Agreements that fully reflected Federal requirements and its own key program risks and priorities and (2) provided sufficient Headquarters guidance and oversight of the development and timely update of Agreements. To conduct our audit, we analyzed all 55 Agreements, interviewed Division Administrators from a random sample of 9 States, and evaluated FHWA’s April 2006 and August 2011 Guidance.

Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781973956297
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Federal-Aid Highways written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " FHWA provides funding to states to build and maintain the nation's roadways and bridges. States may then make federal funding available to a local public agency, such as a city or a county, to administer projects. FHWA estimates that 7,000 local public agencies administer such projects. FHWA has identified locally administered projects as an agency-wide, high-risk oversight area. GAO was asked to review FHWA's oversight of locally administered projects. GAO examined: (1) what is known about federal-aid projects local agencies administer; (2) what risks are presented by local agencies administering federal-aid projects and what is being done to mitigate risks; and (3) what challenges local agencies report in administering federal-aid projects. GAO conducted site visits to three states based on federal obligations and other factors. GAO analyzed FHWA obligation data, reviewed relevant documentation, and interviewed FHWA, state, and local agency officials. "

Author : Lori Rectanus
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ISBN 13 : 9781457852954
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Federal-Aid Highways written by Lori Rectanus and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides funding to states to build and maintain the nation's roadways and bridges. States may then make federal funding available to a local public agency, such as a city or a county, to administer projects. FHWA estimates that 7,000 local public agencies administer such projects. FHWA has identified locally administered projects as an agency-wide, high-risk oversight area. This report reviewed FHWA's oversight of locally administered projects. It examined: (1) what is known about federal-aid projects that local agencies administer; (2) what risks are presented by local agencies administering federal-aid projects and what is being done to mitigate risks; and (3) what challenges local agencies report in administering federal-aid projects. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
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Download or read book Federal-aid Highways written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leslie Ann McCarthy
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309223822
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects written by Leslie Ann McCarthy and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2013 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 442: Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects explores what performance measures, delivery practices, strategies, and tools are currently used in relation to federally-funded local public agency (LPA) highway project development and delivery, and how they are used to measure success in project administration. " -- Publisher's description.

Author : Phillip Herr
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437920918
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal-Aid Highways written by Phillip Herr and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal-aid highway program provides $33 billion a year to states for highway projects. The fed. gov¿t. provides funding for and oversees this program, while states largely choose and manage the projects. This report reviewed the Federal Highway Admin.'s (FHWA) implementation of several requirements in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: (1) oversight of states using a risk management approach; (2) efforts to develop minimum standards for estimating project costs, and periodically evaluate states' cost estimating practices; and (3) reviews of states' financial management systems. Also reviews FHWA's policy on presenting an estimate of financing costs in financial plans for major projects. Charts and tables.