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Executive Summary: Draft FY 2014-2018 DOT Strategic Plan
DOT has adopted strategic objectives for each of our five mission-oriented goals. In addition, we have adopted objectives for our Organizational Excellence goal and important supporting objectives that we share with other federal agencies. This framework of strategic goals and objectives in the...
DOT Strategic Plan for FY2012-2016
Crafted with the input of our leadership, our employees and our stakeholders, the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2012–2016 re-imagines America’s transportation system as the means by which we connect with one another, grow our economy, and...
Rural Airport Listing
About this DocumentEAS Reports and PublicationsThis information has been prepared for the IRS by the DOT, Office of Airline Information.This list was prepared based on 2008 enplanement statistics and can be used for 2010.Airport distances are calculated from a start and end latitude and...
Linda L. Lawson
Director, Office of Safety, Energy and EnvironmentLinda Lawson has directed the Office of Transportation Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Transportation since 1998. Ms. Lawson is responsible for overseeing policy and economic analyses of environmental, safety, mobility and economic...
John V. Wells
Director, Office of Economic and Strategic AnalysisJohn V. (“Jack”) Wells has been the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Transportation since November 2004. He was previously (2001-2004) Chief Economist at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Mr. Wells was formerly the Deputy...
Joel Szabat
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation PolicyJoel Szabat is a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy. This is his second tour of duty at DOT. Before returning to DOT, Szabat was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Previously at DOT, Szabat led...
David DeCarme
Director, Office of International Transportation and TradeMr. DeCarme is Director of the Secretary's office of International Transportation and Trade where he has worked since 1992. It was his office that negotiated the land transportation provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (...
Paul Gretch
Director, Office of International AviationEducationB.A., Brooklyn College (1963) J.D., Harvard Law School (1966) L.L.M., New York University Law School (International Law)(1967)Professional Experience1986-Present Mr. Gretch is in charge of the office at the Department of Transportation that...Susan McDermott
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International AffairsAs part of the Secretary's aviation leadership team, Ms. McDermott is at the center of the Department's key priorities and programs in domestic and international aviation.
Ms. McDermott has had a long career in aviation....