An inspector general found scores of unoccupied desks in three buildings the railroad owns or leases adjacent to Penn Station. (Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg)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. But the report says that Amtrak has downsized its workforce and that many desks in the three D.C. office buildings are unoccupied. In New York, the inspector general found scores of unoccupied desks in three buildings adjacent to Penn Station.

Source: Washington Post April 02, 2019 16:49 UTC