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amtrak employs about 3,100 management and 17,900 union workers, and often uses union employees to temporarily fill management positions. since august 2001, 1,476
amtrak union employees have temporarily filled these positions.1 amtrak's use of union workers to fill temporary management positions is important because it allows
the company to fill critical management vacancies in a timely way, and…
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oig investigation disclosed that an amtrak employee circumvented a company business practice intended to limit the tenure of independent contractors to 2 years. an independent contractor was retained for 7 years and was, in fact, retained for an additional year after a request to extend the contractor had been denied by the amtrak independent contractor review panel. the method of paying this…
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our objectives were to determine whether, (1) amtrak was making effective and efficient use of background investigations to help ensure prospective employees are qualified, honest, reliable, and do not pose a security threat; and (2) background investigation services were purchased in a manner consistent with procurement policy.
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oig investigation disclosed that several amtrak employees and entities acted inappropriately in a concerted effort to influence the procurement process and decisions involved in that process on a multi-year contract involving expenditures in excess of $800 million over a 3-year period.
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based on information received by amtrak ceo joseph boardman, the oig, amtrak police department, and amtrak management coordinated an investigation of illegal drug and alcohol use on amtrak trains. no alcohol or drug use was found; however, the investigation disclosed that several on-board service employees failed to list felony convictions as required on their employment applications, and…
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