Reports

Revise procedures for reviewing and approving grant application packages to add steps to verify that the applications are complete and accurate.

Assess the CARES Act-funded airport development grants identified in this report that did not meet award requirements and recover the $27 million or identify the rationale for acceptance of these costs.

Strengthen internal controls to verify that all reimbursement requests comply with FAA’s two-tier manual review process for CARES Act funds. This may include requiring Delphi controls are correctly established and maintained.

Assess the 35 invoices—comprising $18.7 million in questioned costs—that did not receive sufficient review under the CARES Act guidance and seek recovery of any portion that is determined to be improper and/or unallowable or provide justification for approving the payments.

Require FAA field offices to collect, review, and maintain required price and cost analyses before making grant awards. Implementation of this recommendation could result in funds put to better use of $10.6 million.

Revise the Agency’s policies for collecting, reviewing, and approving Buy American Preferences waivers to require the waiver requests to be timely, complete, and accurate, and define the “extraordinary circumstances” that would allow grant recipients to deviate from Buy American requirements. Implementation of this recommendation could result in funds put to better use of $49.6 million.

After revising Buy American policies, develop and implement Buy American Preferences waiver training for field offices.