DOT Financial Assistance Policy Letters

The establishment of Financial Assistance Policy Letters within DOT provides policy and procedural direction to DOT financial assistance workforce, in particular, contracting personnel addressing activities and critical issues that need immediate dissemination.  DOT FAPL's include:

1. Policies and procedures which may result in rulemakings or as material incorporated into future Departmental guidance as appropriate;
2. Policies and procedures that need to be issued expeditiously to Operating Administrations (OAs) for prompt implementation; and
3. Short-term information (no more than 1-2 years), which will be incorporated into regulation or guidance for permanent retention.

     Policy Letters

• FAPL- 2020-04 Implementation Guidance for Supplemental Funding in Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
• FAPL- 2020-03 Repurposing Existing Financial Assistance Programs and Awards to Support the Emergency Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• FAPL 2020-2 Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations dated 3/23/2020
• FAPL 2020-1 Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) dated 3/10/2020
• FAPL-2008-01 - FFATA - Financial Assistance (Grants, Cooperative Agreements, Loan, and Other Transactions) Transmittal Dates and Procedural Requirements for all Operating Administrations - dated 6/19/08
• FAPL-2010-01 - Text Messaging While Driving - dated 2/2/10
• FAPL - 2015-01 - Departmental Policies and Procedures for External Reporting of Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) - Financial Assistance (Grants, Cooperative Agreements, Loans, and Other Transactions) Award Data - dated 3/19/2015