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Asst. Secretary for Transportation Policy

The Office of Transportation Policy is the office responsible for recommending overall surface transportation policy initiatives to the Secretary.  The office coordinates multi-modal...

Enforcement Order

Compañía Panameña de Aviación Order 2018-3-20

This consent order concerns violations by Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A. (Copa) of 14 CFR Part 259 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712. Copa failed to adhere to the assurances in its contingency plan...

Press Release

USDOT Statement on Omnibus Spending Bill

Please see below a statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding the omnibus spending legislation passed by the House of Representatives today:

“Because of the President’s...