Amtrak: Contracting Improprieties by Chief Engineer
| Title | : | Amtrak: Contracting Improprieties by Chief Engineer |
| Author | : | U.S. General Government Accountability Office |
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Correspondence issued by the general accounting office with an abstract that begins pursuant to a congressional request, gao investigated allegations received through its fraudnet that amtrak's chief engineer, allison conway-smith, improperly awarded a personal services consulting contract to her neighbor, chris leyenberger, focusing on whether: (1) the chief engineer followed.
Contractor's acceptance of or performance under the purchase order will constitute acceptance of these terms. National railroad passenger corporation (amtrak) form #69 supplemental general provisions for nonconstruction contracts doing business with amtrak please take a moment to register your firm in amtrak's supplier directory.
The unsung heroes of government contracting often include those who clean up the messes left by others. In the case of darleen druyun, that thankless task falls to the government accountability office. For many years, druyun was the air force's reigning acquisition official.
We received an allegation of numerous improprieties regarding the contracting of 25 sleeper cars, 25 dining cars, 25 baggage/dorm cars, and 55 baggage cars totaling $298,132,648. Of the 11 improprieties alleged, we did not find any substantial information or evidence indicating potential fraud or other criminal violations.
The report recommends both that hcfa take specific actions and that congress consider changes in hcfxs contracting authority to improve its ability to manage contractors. In this report, we focus primarily on three cases in which criminal and/or civil actions were brought.
This site is dedicated to contractors and subcontractors who work on amtrak railroad property courses you need the following web-site has been designed for you, your employees, and your sub-contractors to obtain your orientation for contractor safety and security photo id badges while working on these properties.
Julia quinn, amtrak's director of social media, did an ama (ask me anything) on reddit today to discuss the company's writer's residency program. According to quinn, amtrak is still formalizing the official program, but she did offer a few new details. Amtrak will use a panel comprised of individuals from amtrak and the literary.
Audit confirms contract improprieties in gsa office that awards contracts for information technology may have run afoul of federal regulations and the agency's own contracting guidelines.
An agency protest alleging improprieties in an ifb solicitation must be filed prior to bid opening if the improprieties were apparent prior to that time.
The amtrak cascades service is a joint effort of wsdot and oregon department of transportation, with amtrak as a contracting operator. In the wake of the december 18 derailment, the safety of the bypass was questioned by elected officials.
Amtrak is forced to suspend most high-speed acela service after cracks were found in locomotive wheel brackets. Shortly thereafter, the rail carrier halts all acela trains on the discovery of more.
2(a)(1), a pre-award protest challenging alleged apparent improprieties in a solicitation must be filed before the closing time for receipt of initial proposals.
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Rail news: amtrak amtrak drops off-shore it provision progressive railroading amtrak president and chief executive officer william flynn told a congressional panel last week that he eliminated a provision in an amtrak request for proposals (rfp) that would have.
A management official and a company inspector violated amtrak policies by accepting gifts and favors from a construction contractor who was awarded a $58 million contract by the company. The management official received gifts from the contractor, including three trips to philadelphia, and drinks and entertainment at a gentleman’s club.
233-2, service of protest, in solicitations for contracts expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. 233-3, protest after award, in all solicitations and contracts.
(a) the procurement officer of the contracting agency shall issue a written decision containing the basis of the decision within 15 days after a protest has been filed. A copy of the decision shall be furnished to the protester by certified mail or other method that provides evidence of receipt.
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We received an allegation of numerous improprieties regarding the contracting of 25 sleeper cars, 25 diner cars, 25 baggage/dorm cars and 55 baggage cars totaling $298,132,648.
If a contractor has been debarred by the local government, it means they have been declared ineligible to bid and excluded from the bidding process. Companies can be debarred from contracts due to allegations of fraud, mismanage- ment, and similar improprieties.
—(1) amtrak may not contract out work normally performed by an employee in a bargaining unit covered by a contract between a labor organization and amtrak or a rail carrier that provided intercity rail passenger transportation on october 30, 1970, if contracting out results in the layoff of an employee in the bargaining.
A pre-award protest based on alleged apparent improprieties in the rfp must be filed before bid opening or the closing date for receipt of proposals. • all other protests must be filed no later than 10 days after the basis of protest is known or should have been known, whichever is earlier.
Amtrak is contracting with alstom to produce 28 next-generation high-speed trainsets that will replace the equipment used to provide amtrak’s premium acela express service. 45 billion that will be invested on the heavily traveled northeast corridor (nec) as part of a multifaceted modernization program to renew and expand the acela express service.
The existing, century-old portal bridge was built by the pennsylvania railroad and entered revenue service in november 1910. Prior to the covid-19 pandemic, the bridge carried more than 450 daily amtrak and nj transit trains and 200,000 daily passengers over the hackensack river – a critical link in the congested territory between newark, nj and penn station, new york.
Com free this site is dedicated to contractors and subcontractors who work on amtrak railroad property courses you need the following web-site has been designed for you, your employees, and your sub-contractors to obtain your orientation for contractor safety and security photo id badges while working on these.
Meanwhile, amtrak remains bogged down in union politics and crony business as usual. As i first reported in 2009, the obama administration quietly gutted the nation’s most highly trained post-9.
Will pay $393,250 to resolve claims it violated the false claims act by bribing an amtrak procurement official to secure over $8 million in contracts, according to a tuesday filing with a pennsylvania federal court.
This is my journal about my nightmarish trip cross country on amtrak's sleeper cars.
Com by michelle malkin with vengeance-seeking global jihadists on the loose here and around the world, now is a good time to ask (again): are we ready for a nefarious terror.
Working at amtrak is hard but intense work, among union brother, also having the unity among them, and the knowledge of the people here, who know their jobs and love their work. Also among all this, is being able to work in an environment where safety is their number one priority.
Conway-smith project the total cost of the work to gao/osi-99-4r contracting improprieties by amtrak’ s chief engineer gao/osi-99-4r contracting improprieties by amtrak’ s chief engineer.
Team obama also pushed out former amtrak inspector general fred weiderhold, who played an instrumental role in creating ossso’s predecessor at amtrak, the counter-terrorism unit. Weiderhold had blown the whistle on financial improprieties and called out the administration’s interference with his watchdog probes.
The former employee, a field inspector on the thames river bridge project for amtrak in 2008, provided amtrak’s contractor with a falsified diploma for a degree in civil engineering from the university of vermont, as well as falsified credentials from the national institute for certification in engineering technologies.
In the 1980s, walker entered the private sector with a chain of self-named quick oil-change franchises and a pair of troubled savings and loans. In 1987 he was convicted of improprieties related to the latter, and spent nearly two years in federal prison.
Sep 28, 2017 it was structured as a contracting agency, and amtrak trains were operated by private railroads over tracks they owned.
“he is a member of the association of old crows, a society of electronic warfare specialists through which many intelligence community ties are made and maintained.
An amtrak train hit a truck in oakland thursday morning, according to the fire department.
More than 100 people were evacuated from an amtrak train in oakland thursday morning after the train hit a truck parked near the railroad tracks and caused a fire.
Pursuant to a congressional request, gao investigated allegations received through its fraudnet that amtrak's chief engineer, allison conway-smith.
Bmwe wins third division award against amtrak for contracting out inter-track platform work. Railway trackmen’s journal, 1917 when our forefathers were fighting for the 8 hour workday.
Oig monitors and tracks the use of taxpayer dollars through audits, inspections, evaluations, and investigations. The inspector general keeps the secretary of commerce and congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to commerce's activities and the need for corrective action.
Plaintiff was charged with violated amtrak“s standards of excellence and workplace violence policy. The court stated that ‘[t]he charges were based on the fact that the bulletproof vest made fellow amtrak employee’s feel ‘threatened, intimidated and distracted, fearing for their safety.
The nhl’s vancouver canucks say 25 members of the organization have tested positive for the coronavirus, including 21 players. In a statement attributed to team doctor jim bovard and infectious disease doctor josh douglas, the canucks say the covid-19 cases stem from a variant of the virus that was traced by vancouver coastal health back to one individual contracting it in a public setting.
It is no new insight to note the extent to which republicans, who once were horrified by bill clinton's sexual improprieties, now dismiss or even defend donald trump's.
Siemens venture is a brand of locomotive-hauled railroad passenger cars built by siemens mobility. They are based on the earlier siemens viaggio comfort railcars in use in europe, but adapted for the north american market.
The new station was built on the same grounds as the previous 66-year-old amtrak station, but was elevated and moved closer to the street to improve access and visibility.
The project consists of design‐build services for the demolition of the rochester amtrak station and the construction of the new rochester station and railroad track and platform improvements at rochester station. The project is located in the city of rochester, monroe county, new york.
Contracting improprieties should not be tolerated, and will not be tolerated, during my tenure as mayor. For that reason, no one who contributed to my campaign will be eligible for any city contract unless approved through a new independent evaluation process that determines and certifies that such a contract would be awarded on merit and merit only.
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