Federal Transit Administration American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Update FTA Webinar March2010

2 2 This Presentation Will Cover: ARRA Transit Programs & Timelines ARRA Accomplishments ARRA Reporting Requirements ARRA Guidance ARRA Project Management ARRA Oversight ARRA Fraud Awareness (OIG)

3 The Recovery Act: Creating Jobs and Improving our Transportation Infrastructure “We are remaking the American landscape with the largest new investment in our nation's infrastructure since Eisenhower built an Interstate Highway System in the 1950s. Because of this investment, nearly 400,000 men and women will go to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges…upgrading mass transit, building high-speed rail lines that will improve travel and commerce throughout our nation.” –President Barack Obama, February 17, 2009.

Transit Programs Included in ARRA $5.97 BUrban Formula - $5.97 B $750 MNon-Urban Formula - $750 M $742 MFGM Formula - $742 M $742 MNew Starts/Small Starts - $742 M $17 MTribal Grants - $17 M $100 MTIGGER (Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction) - $100 M 1.49 BDiscretionary Multimodal Program - $1.49 B (DOT-Wide) 4

ARRA Timelines: Formula Grants 5 March 5, 2010 Deadline to obligate 100% of formula funds Sept 30, 2010 Unobligated funds revert to Treasury Sept 30, 2015 Un-expended funds will be de-obligated

ARRA Timelines: Discretionary Grants 6 TIGGER Obligation Deadline: March 31, 2010 TRIBAL Obligation Deadline: June 30, 2010 NEW STARTS Disbursement Deadline: May 11, 2010

7 89% of ARRA funds out the door! September 1: 50% of Formula Funds Obligated September 21: DOT announced 43 TIGGER grant recipients for $100M December 18: DOT announced 39 tribal transit grant recipients for $17M

Accomplishments: 2010 February 17: DOT announced 15 TIGER transit grants for FTA States with TIGER projects: 8  Massachusetts  DC/MD/VA  Illinois  Minnesota  Missouri  Iowa  Arizona  Nevada  Oregon  New Orleans  Texas  New York  Michigan  Ohio Questions?

Accomplishments: % formula funds obligatedMarch 5: 100% formula funds obligated –Nearly 900 formula grants for $7.5 billion “Investing in these transit upgrades not only puts construction workers on the job at project sites, but supports American manufacturing jobs all the way down the supply chain. At a time when jobs are priority number one, that means twice the employment bang for the Recovery Act buck.” – Vice President Biden, March 5, We Did It!

ARRA Obligations 10

ARRA Funds Expended 11

ARRA Obligations By Project Category 12

ARRA Reporting Requirements FTA Reports: –Federal Financial Report (FFR) –Milestone Progress Report (MPR) –Due 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter for ALL grantees. –Federal Gov’t recently changed from FSR to FFR requirement (SF 425). FTA will update TEAM for NEXT quarter with complete FFR form. Training will be held in March. DOT Report: –Section 1201(c) Report: Due no later than 90 days, 180 days, 1 yr, 2 yrs, and 3 yrs after 2/17/2009 OMB Report: –Section 1512 Report: Due 10 days after the end of each quarter –NEXT REPORT DUE: APRIL 10,

Recipient Reporting Last Quarter: –Section 1512: 100% of reports submitted. –Section 1201c: 100% of reports submitted. Over 10,000 jobs created/sustained 14

Recipient Reporting Example: Grantee with highest job numbers 15

ARRA Guidance: What’s New? Maintenance of Effort –On February 9, 2010, the Secretary sent letter to all Governors reminding them of their MOE obligations –Letter emphasized that MOE is by program—not aggregated –For transit, operating assistance from State to transit agency should not be included in MOE calculation; only include capital assistance –States should recertify by March 11 th if needed. 16

ARRA Project Management All Federal requirements apply to ARRA projects Must have the technical capacity to implement the ARRA project FTA will review ECHO documentation and procurements for all ARRA projects Ensure DBE, Title VI Environmental Justice, EEO and DBE requirements are met Notify FTA of any potential claims or change orders over $100,

FTA ARRA Oversight Two Primary Goals: Projects Delivered on Time and on Budget Prevent Waste, Fraud and Abuse Project Oversight using PMOC Resources –Major Capital Construction Projects New Starts Other Construction Projects over $25 million TIGER Discretionary grants –Other Capital Projects Based on Risk Assessment Bus procurements over $5 million Construction projects between $5 million and $25 million 18

FTA ARRA Oversight Resources Available to Grantees –NTI Courses Project Management Construction Management –FTA Webinars –FTA Technical Assistance Additional Programmatic Reviews –Procurement, Financial, Grants Management, etc. 19

20 Office of Inspector General John W. Long National Director, ARRA Investigations ARRA Fraud Awareness March 2010

- 167 Indictments Indictments Convictions Convictions - More than $540 Million in Fines, - More than $540 Million in Fines, Recoveries & Restitutions Recoveries & Restitutions 21 Cambridge, MA (617) New York, NY (212) Washington, DC (202) Atlanta, GA (404) Chicago, IL (312) Ft. Worth, TX (817) San Francisco, CA (415) Investigations Regional Offices

DOT Office of Inspector General Strategic Investigative Plan Outreach &Training Proactive Investigative Oversight of ARRA funded projects Criminal and Civil Prosecutions 22

Outreach and Training Fraud Awareness training for our transportation partners We have provided training to more than 13,000 Hotline – 24 hours for reporting ARRA fraud, waste and abuse 23

Proactive Investigative Activities Previously we have been a reactive agency For ARRA funded projects we are much more proactive Investigators are contacting project managers, inspectors, procurement managers, audit and claims personnel 24

Criminal and Civil Prosecutions More than 30 active criminal investigations involving ARRA funded projects Types of Crimes: False Statements, False Claims, Bribery, Bid-rigging, DBE Fraud, Prevailing Wage Fraud, Product Substitution, Conflict of Interest 25

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CONTACT INFORMATION National OIG Hotline: or (202) National OIG Hotline: or (202) OIG Hotline Hotline OIG Web Page: Web Page: 27

FTA Contact Information: FTA Public Website Contact Us Tool: FTA ARRA Website: 28

29 Questions or Concerns?