Guam School Bus Transportation Program

We found that Guam’s Department of Public Works (DPW) does not effectively plan school bus operations in three important areas. First, DPW does not have an automated system to help manage its fleet and costs. Second, DPW claims it has a shortage of operational buses, yet it has no fleet replacement or reserve plan in place. Finally, DPW has satellite bus stations that are in deplorable condition, and it has no capital improvement plan to address necessary repairs.

 

We made seven recommendations that could help DPW improve these planning shortfalls. The Governor of Guam concurred with all of the recommendations. We consider recommendations 1 and 3 through 7 resolved but not implemented, and recommendation 2 resolved and implemented.