DETROIT — The U.S. federalgovernment company charged with keeping the roadways safe is sluggish to examine auto security problems, restricting its capability to dealwith quickly altering or serious threats, an audit made public Thursday discovered.
Problems at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation limitation the company’s capability to respond to quickly progressing issues or extreme threats to automobile security, the audit by the Department of Transportation Inspector General discovered.
The firm likewise doesn’t have an incorporated computersystem system for its probes, and doesn’t regularly follow its own treatments for making security issues a high toppriority, the audit discovered.
The workplace hasactually made development in restructuring and improving its information and analysis systems, auditors figuredout, however weakpoints in conference its own objectives for prompt examinations boost possible hold-ups in penetrating essential security concerns.
The workplace likewise doesn’t constantly record secret paperwork in its investigative files. In 22 of 24 examinations in 2018 and 2019, files were missingouton documents.
Also, in all 8 examinations tested by auditors in 2021, ODI didn’t follow treatments required to assess the threat from capacity car problems. The workplace doesn’t have clear requirements for recording examinations, and it doesn’t offer sufficient guidance over detectives, the report stated.
“As a result, ODI might missouton vital info for introducing an examination, absence info on what was stated at conferences with producers or stakeholders, hold-up treatments for security flaws or not precisely notify the public and stakeholders about an examination’s status,” the inspector basic discovered.
In a declaration Thursday night, NHTSA stated it currently has completed most of the enhancements advised by the inspector general.
The company set timeliness targets for its examinations, however the audit discovered