Report 2010-122 Recommendation 3 Responses
Report 2010-122: California Department of Transportation: Its Capital Outlay Support Program Should Strengthen Budgeting Practices, Refine Its Performance Measures, and Improve Internal Controls (Release Date: April 2011)
Recommendation #3 To: Transportation, Department of
To improve performance metrics related to the support program, Caltrans should develop goals—and publicly report on the progress against those goals—for the support-to-capital ratio, based on project type—State Transportation Improvement Program or the State Highway Operation and Protection Program—and project size.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2012
Caltrans established support-to-capital ratio goals based on project size. These goals and results can be found at the following link:
http://onramp.dot.ca.gov/hq/projmgmt/index.jsp?pg=106
Caltrans also developed an annual measure which includes all programmed STIP and SHOPP projects that completed construction during each fiscal year for which Caltrans was responsible for development and construction management. A copy of the Five Capital Cost Ranges is attached as Attachment 2B-1. This measure was published in the 3rd Quarterly Project Delivery Report. A copy of the report is included as Attachment 2B-2 and can also be found at the following link:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/transprog/ctcbooks/2012/0612/033_3.9_Q3_Project_Delivery_Rept.pdf
The 4th Quarterly Project Delivery Report is included as Attachment 2B-3 and can be found at the following link:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/transprog/ctcbooks/2012/0912/26_3.11.pdf
- Completion Date: October 2012
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
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Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.