From the Office of the Inspector General. With $54 billion in annual
expenditures, it's no wonder they uncover so much fraud:
Contract and Grant Fraud Reading Room
One of the strategic goals of the U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) is to "Advance America's economic growth and competitiveness
domestically and internationally through efficient and flexible
transportation." In support of this goal, DOT spends more than $54
billion a year on transportation related projects in virtually every
community in the nation.
House and Senate conferees are currently working on a six-year
renewal of the Transportation Equity Act (TEA-21)with proposed
spending authority of $299 billion to rebuild the Nation's surface
transportation infrastructure. Another program, The Aviation
Investment and Reform Act (AIR-21) will commit an additional $40
billion for modernization and stability of our nation's aviation
systems. To protect the integrity of these and other
transportation-related programs against fraud, waste, and abuse, the
Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Department's criminal
investigative element, has made investigating contract and grant
fraud one of its top priorities.
http://www.oig.dot.gov/