Engagement Memos
April 06, 2020 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Safety Management System Oversight
We are initiating an audit of the company’s implementation of the Safety Management System (SMS)—a proactive risk‐management process intended to… Read more
March 30, 2020 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Positive Train Control
We are initiating an audit of the company’s implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC). The company has identified PTC as its key safety system… Read more
March 18, 2020 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo— Monitoring the Work of the Independent Public Accountant Conducting the FY 2020 Consolidated Financial Statement Audit and Single Audit
This is to inform you that we are initiating engagements to monitor the work of the independent public accountant (IPA) performing the audits of… Read more
December 09, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of the Company’s Management of the Moynihan Train Hall Program (Project code 004‐2020)
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak’s Moynihan Train Hall Program, a key component of the company’s effort to transform the former Farley Post… Read more
December 04, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of the Company’s Monitoring of Prescription Opioid Misuse in its Workforce
We are initiating an audit of potential opioid misuse in the company’s workforce. Our objective is to assess company efforts to monitor the use of… Read more
November 01, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Management of Maintenance-of-Way Resources During Track Outages
We are initiating an audit of the Engineering department’s management of maintenance-of-way resources during track outages. Our objective is to… Read more
November 01, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of procurement and vendor payment practices
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak’s (the company’s) procurement and vendor payment practices. This audit is following up on our previous work in… Read more
September 11, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Acela 21
Our objective is to assess the extent to which the company has identified and mitigated potential risks to successfully completing the program. We… Read more
June 26, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo—Audit of Mobile Security
During the audit, we plan to assess the company’s efforts to ensure the cyber and physical security of its wireless mobile devices and associated… Read more
June 20, 2019 | Engagement Memos
Engagement Memo - Amtrak Express Service
We are initiating an audit of Amtrak Express, the company’s package shipping service. Our objective is to assess the program’s costs, benefits, and… Read more