Some details of the investigation were posted online in a semiannual OIG report to the Metro board in October. But after a June report in The Washington Post detailed a steep decline in MetroAccess service and other problems, the inspector general obtained new information pertaining to alleged data ma­nipu­la­tion. Stessel noted the OIG report doesn’t specify what proportion of the more than 115,000 altered entries in question were deemed to have been improperly modified. “As an operator of [Metro] paratransit services, Transdev strictly provides door-to-door transportation and care for [Metro] passengers,” company spokesman Scott Hagen said. The service has been a focus for Cherrington, who previously conducted an investigation homing in on former MetroAccess service director Omari June.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2017 21:22 UTC