The FY24 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual conveys FTA’s expectations of our oversight contractors for assessing compliance of FTA recipients.
Each question in the contractor’s manual includes:

• Basic Requirement: The minimum requirement to which all applicable recipients are expected to comply – directly tied to a law, regulation, circular, master agreement, or other binding guidance
• Applicability: Broad identification of the recipients to which the requirement applies
• Explanation for Reviewer: An expanded explanation of the basic requirement
• Flexibilities and Administrative Relief: Any applicable relief or flexibilities enacted to provide assistance due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
• Indicators of Compliance: The questions FTA reviewers will answer to determine a recipient’s compliance with the basic requirement
• Instructions for Reviewer: Specific instructions to FTA’s reviewers about what and how to evaluate for compliance with each indicator
• Potential Deficiency Determinations: Condition(s) under which a recipient could be deemed deficient along with suggested corrective action(s)
• Governing Directives: Specific citations from law, regulation, circular, master agreement, or other binding agreements that form the basis of the requirement for which a deficiency may be found

Prior Years Review Manuals

• FY23 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual
• FY22 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual
• FY20 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual
• FY20 Contractors’ Manual Public Health Emergency Supplement
• FY19 Comprehensive Review Guide