The scramble to save the transit benefit. (cover story)

LOCAL transit passes; FRAUD; FEDERAL employees (U.S.); UNITED States. Government Accountability Office; UNITED States. Dept. of Transportation

The article focuses on issues arising from an employee commuter benefit program in the U.S. Employees are overstating their commuting expenses while some are passing the subsidies on to friends or families or selling them on Web sites according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Transportation Department began distributing to employees a statement that notes it is a violation of law to provide false information to obtain transit benefits or to transfer or sell the benefits.