AASHTO Audit Guide Delayed

Despite the effort to have the revised AASHTO Audit Guide ready for a final approval by the AASHTO Audit Group at their annual convention in July, certain portions of the draft are still being revised.

The new plan is to have a final draft ready by mid August and to have the states ratify it by written or electronic ballot.

The goal is to have the full AASHTO approval occur at AASHTO’s annual meeting in October, and then to have FHWA begin any necessary rulemaking early in 2010.

For a copy of the most recent draft of the guide go to http://audit.transportation.org/?siteid=43 and select the current draft (with or without comment versions are available)

This updated guide will (if adopted as expected) significantly change allowable cost practices in the states that have established individual state policies on costs, as the primary purpose of this update to the guide is to standardize the states to FAR standard practices.