Overlapping federal award

flag-019 · detected Aug 14, 2026 · raised in the baseline dataset

Substantiated

Automated detection, human decision

Automated checks flag applications for human review only. No application is rejected, deprioritized, or scored by an automated process. Every status below was set by a named analyst, with a written basis, and is recorded in the audit trail.

Confidence

0.65

Fires at An awarded application within 10.0 miles of the same scope

Requested amount

$263.8M

BIP · FHWA

Application stage

MERIT REVIEW

64 days in stage

Times reopened

0

Last adjudicated Aug 1, 2026

What the check looked at

Other federal funding declared at intake against awarded applications at the same project location.

The overlapping federal award check compares other federal funding declared at intake against awarded applications at the same project location. It fired on this application at a confidence of 0.65. The structured evidence below is everything the check looked at; the determination is the analyst's.

Evidence	Detail
Prior obligated award	FY2025 BIP award
Overlapping scope	Shared limits of construction on the same facility

Confidence describes how strongly this deterministic check fired against local data. It is not an applicant risk score and is never used to rank or filter applications.

Application under review

This check evaluated a single application against reference data.

Application	GEMS-2027-903779
Applicant	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Project	US-42 Truss Bridge Replacement
Requested	$263,800,000
Program	Bridge Investment Program · FHWA

Adjudication

A person decides. The decision, the rationale, and any referral are written to the audit trail.

Substantiated on Aug 1, 2026

Analyst substantiated the finding and referred it to the program office for a documented eligibility determination. No automated action was taken.

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Applicant history

Context on the organization, so the decision is not made on one signal alone.

Organization	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Applications	6
Total requested	$927.6M
Prior awards	1
Flags cleared	3
Flags substantiated	1
Flags still open	0

Recent audit entries

This flag and its application.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

Jul 23, 2026 · Angela StricklandHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

Jun 10, 2026 · Rebecca RhodesHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

REVIEW_SUBMITTED

Mar 20, 2026 · Elaine Salazar

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

Feb 27, 2026 · Jonathan YamashitaHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_RAISED

Jan 11, 2026 · Curtis Fiore