{"id":44646,"date":"2018-08-27T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=44646"},"modified":"2018-08-27T15:14:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:14:37","slug":"u-s-gao-says-fta-close-to-violating-federal-law-by-failing-to-address-grant-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/u-s-gao-says-fta-close-to-violating-federal-law-by-failing-to-address-grant-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. GAO says FTA close to violating federal law by failing to address grant requirements","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
During the review, FTA told GAO that they do not have any immediate plans to address any of the three statutory provisions. The FTA cited an earlier budget proposal by President Trump to eliminate the Capital Investment Grant program, however, Congress provided the program with $2.6 billion in funding since that proposal and required FTA to continue to administer the program in doing so. FTA stated to the GAO that it is reviewing the law and determining their next steps but did not indicate any specific plans or timeframes for addressing the three outstanding provisions. In their report, the GAO warned\u00a0the FTA that \u201cby not addressing those provisions, FTA runs the risk of failing to implement provisions of federal law.\u201d The GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the “congressional watchdog,” GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has not addressed three congressional requirements for their grants programs contained in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the Fixing America\u2019s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). According to the GAO, the FTA has not: issued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":44649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,31,45,9,18,25],"tags":[584,2594,2125,2126],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has not addressed three congressional requirements for their grants programs contained in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st<\/sup> Century Act (MAP-21) and the Fixing America\u2019s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act).
\nAccording to the GAO, the FTA has not:<\/p>\n\n
\nThe GAO left the FTA with three recommendations for Executive Action:<\/p>\n\n
\nClick here to read the GAO’s full report.<\/a><\/p>\n
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