A Federal Transportation Administration audit of Omnitrans turned up 19 deficiencies in its SBX Rapid Transit bus project.

By Canan Tasci, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 08/12/13, 10:01 PM PDT | Updated: 3 hrs ago

SAN BERNARDINO >> Omnitrans is expected to provide the Federal Transit Administration a report by Sunday detailing how the agency is going to correct a number of deficiencies it was cited for in an April audit, officials said Monday.

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Monday, August 12, 2013 – 09:00 a.m.

Here’s some news flowing across the transom this Monday morning.

Dutton to run for S.B. County Assessor-Record?

Former California State Senator Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) may have found a place to go.

That’s the latest.

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/11/2013 07:01:36 PM PDT

The San Bernardino Valley’s public busing service, Omnitrans, violated multiple federal guidelines in awarding contracts for its sbX Rapid Transit Bus line, including one no-bid contract worth $15 million and another that included a 15 percent markup on all change orders, according to a Federal Transit Administration audit.

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By Joe Nelson
Posted: 06/19/2013 03:34:59 PM PDT

A Federal Transit Administration audit, conducted in April on western San Bernardino County’s public transportation system Omnitrans, turned up 22 deficiencies, 19 of which pertained specifically to the agency’s $192 million sBX Rapid Transit project, The Sun has learned.

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