# FTA Does Not Effectively Assess Security Controls or Remediate Cybersecurity Weaknesses To Ensure the Proper Safeguards Are in Place To Protect Its Financial Management Systems
> **Audit** by Department of Transportation OIG · 2021-10-20
> *About: Department of Transportation*
## Report
- **Title:** FTA Does Not Effectively Assess Security Controls or Remediate Cybersecurity Weaknesses To Ensure the Proper Safeguards Are in Place To Protect Its Financial Management Systems
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Transportation OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Transportation
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2021-10-20

## Summary

What We Looked AtThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 set up appropriations to support executive agency operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has received nearly $70 billion in CARES Act and other COVID-19 relief appropriations. FTA uses several financial management systems to approve, process, and disperse this funding for the transit industry’s COVID-19 response and recovery. Given the size of this investment, we initiated this audit.


## Recommendations

- **Rec 13** (Open): Sensitive information redacted
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/fta-does-not-effectively-assess-security-controls-or-remediate-cybersecurity)
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