Procedural Requirements for DOT Enforcement Actions

FRA Hits Highest-Ever Penalty Rate

Surpasses previous year’s record-setting number

WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that its enforcement of federal rail safety rules has led to the highest-ever civil penalty collection rate in the agency’s 50-...

DOT News Digest 146-16

DOT Issues New Enforcement Policy on Extended Tarmac Delays.  The Department’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, a unit within the Office of the General Counsel, today issued a new enforcement policy on extended tarmac delays in light of the FAA Extension, Safety, and...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Enhanced Protections for Air Travelers, Actions to Promote Airline Competition

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is taking a number of actions to enhance protections for air travelers and promote competition in the airline industry.  The actions are a result of the Department’s...

DOT Reminds Commercial Drivers that Physicals Must Now Be Performed by Certified Medical Examiners

National Registry Will Improve Safety for Travelers, Health of Commercial Drivers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is reminding interstate truck and bus drivers that beginning today, all new USDOT...

Draft Preliminary Plan for Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance Data

The Department has prepared its draft preliminary plan for its publicly posting its "Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance Data" in response to the President's memorandum of January 18, 2011. 

Office of Litigation and Enforcement

The Office of Litigation and Enforcement provides advice and legal counsel for litigation in which the Department is a party or has an interest. The Office oversees all Supreme Court cases and appellate cases involving the Department and provides legal advice concerning...

Regulations Enforcement and Compliance Data

The Department has prepared its draft preliminary plan for its publicly posting its Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance Data in response to the President's memorandum of January 18, 2011. 

Austrian Airlines 2007-5-8

This order concerns violations by Austrian Airlines (Austrian) of the requirement of CFR Part 382 (Part 382), with respect to filing annual reports detailing disability-related complaints that the foreign air carrier received from passengers in calendar year 2004 and 2005.