State Management Oversight

FTA's State Management Review (SMR) is a comprehensive oversight review of grantees designed to assess management practices and program implementation of the Metropolitan Planning and State Planning and Research programs (49 U.S.C. 5305), Capital Investment Program (49 U.S.C. 5309), Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program (49 U.S.C. 5310), Non-urbanized Area Formula Program (49 U.S.C. 5311), Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (49 U.S.C. 5316), New Freedom Program (49 U.S.C. 5317), and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to ensure that the programs are administered in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53, Federal transit law provisions, and FTA requirements and are meeting program objectives.

• See FTA's FY22 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual, which provides FTA Oversight Contractors optimal methods and instructions for conducting program oversight reviews
• Learn more about Grantee Oversight Workshops
• See the Public Health Emergency Supplement to the FY20 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual which are additional instructions for FTA Oversight Contractors concerning how to conduct reviews concerning grantee response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency