By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post; April 2, 2019
Amtrak wasted at least $23 million by acquiring unneeded office space in Boston, New York, Washington and several other cities, according to a report by the railroad’s inspector general.
The report by Stephen Lord, the assistant inspector general for Amtrak, sketches a picture of a quasi-public, federally subsidized passenger railroad that lacks a game plan for securing office space for its workers.