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Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Leading Practices Would Help the Federal Transit Administration Evaluate Its Pilot Program

GAO-24-106847
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Federal Transit Administration The Administrator of FTA should develop a plan to evaluate the Pilot Program for Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility that includes an appropriate program assessment methodology and criteria to assess the scalability of the program. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Leading Practices Would Help the Federal Transit Administration Evaluate Its Pilot Program

GAO-24-106847
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Federal Transit Administration The Administrator of FTA should ensure that FTA consolidates and publishes information about using FTA funding for NEMT. This may include developing resources through the CCAM national technical assistance center that identify which FTA programs are relevant, provide examples of FTA-funded projects, and direct applicants, recipients, and other stakeholders to related NEMT resources using embedded links. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Rail Transit: Federal Transit Administration Could Improve Information on Estimating Project Costs

GAO-19-562
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Federal Transit Administration The FTA administrator should ensure that FTA's cost estimating information for project sponsors is consistent with all 12 steps found in GAO's Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide and needed for developing reliable cost estimates. [Recommendation 1]
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As of January 2024, FTA officials reported that they intend to address GAO's recommendation by clarifying cost-estimation information in FTA's Project and Construction Management Guidelines (guidelines), which is currently under revision. According to the officials, the revised guidelines will incorporate information from GAO's Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide, and these revisions are currently underway. The officials also stated that they would like to update information in the guidelines to reflect the changes made to FTA's Capital Investment Grants program by the FAST Act in 2016, and subsequent changes made by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021. The officials noted that incorporating that updated information into the guidelines will require FTA to publish a separate policy guidance document for FTA's Capital Investment Grants program, which will need to go through a public comments process, which has not yet begun. FTA does not have a firm timeline for completing these actions. GAO will continue to monitor FTA's efforts to address this recommendation.
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