Wolf pushes for oversight of airports authority

The airports authority overseeing the $6 billion Dulles Rail project is likely to have a permanent watchdog imposed on it by the end of the year. On Thursday, Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., inserted, into must-pass federal transportation legislation, a provision that would create a permanent inspector general’s office inside the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

The inspector general would keep year-round watch over the authority, which has been under intense criticism after a federal investigator revealed spending excesses, contracting problems and lax ethics policies. The airports authority would pay for the inspector.