Declaración de la Política sobre la Ley NoFear de 2002

THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590

Policy Statement on the Implementation of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation

Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), Pub. L. No.107-174

The Notification and Federal Em ployee An tidiscrimination and Retalia tion Act of2002 (No FEAR Act) requ ires Federal agencies to keep their employees, former employees, and applicants for employment informed of their an tidiscrimination and whistleblower protections; post quarterly statistics on their websites; a nd train all employees regarding the rights and remedies to whi ch they are entitled under the law. Federal agencies are req uired to submit annual reports to Congress demonstrating thei r compliance with the law, as measured by a number of specific cri teria, not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year.

I fully support the principles of the No FEAR Act a nd am committed to providing a workplace en vironment that i s free from discrimination as one of my major equal opportunity goals. It is the U.S. Department ofTransportation 's policy to prohibit employment discrimination and interference or retaliat i on when protected d i scl osu res are made, as stated in the whi stleblower protection la ws.

f have assigned the Depa rtmental Office of Ci v il Ri ghts and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration joint responsibility for ensuring the proper implementation of the No FEAR Act's mandatory req uirements. I expect a ll departmental organizations to offer t heir full support to ensure compliance with the req uirements of the No FEAR Act. You may obtain further information regard ing the No FEAR Act by contacting the Departmental Office of Civil Rights for assistance or visiting the Office's Web site at https://www.civilrights.dot.gov.

Anthony R. Foxx