Recently I mentioned state Sen. Obenschain’s website addressing fraud, waste and abuse in the Virginia Department of Transportation. I wanted also to point out some excellent federal resources on the topic.
For a number of years, the OIG (that is, the Office of the Inspector General) of the U.S. Department of Transportation has maintained www.preventtransportationfraud.org which is the single best site I know of dealing with the topic of fraud in transportation contracts.
I say this is the best site because it provides a wide variety of specific information, including flyers addressing some of the specific types of wrongdoing that would subject a person to liability under the qui tam provisions of the Federal False Claims Act and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act.
Some examples: