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The Department of Transportation (DOT) and several of its operating administrations are partnering with the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Labor (DOL) to make it easier for all military personnel and veterans to convert their military...
This Web page includes a list of time zone proceedings and links to the final rules from those proceedings. To view the final rule in each proceeding, click on the date next to the description of the proceeding you would like to view.
Under the Uniform Time Act, as amended, States may exempt themselves from observing Daylight Saving Time by State law. If a State chooses to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must begin and end on federally mandated dates.
Under Federal law, there are two ways in which an area in the United States can be moved from one time zone to another.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) oversees the Nation's time zones. The oversight of time zones was assigned to DOT because time standards were first instituted by the railroad industry.
Ensure that the drug and alcohol testing policies and goals of the Secretary of Transportation are developed and carried out in a consistent, efficient, and effective manner within the transportation industries for the ultimate safety and protection of the traveling public. This is accomplished...
Staff directory for the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC)
The following are some of the questions the Office for Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) has received which did not require an interpretation but rather a general response. As such, the ODAPC staff thought that those subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) testing would...
In an effort to educate the transportation industry and others that provide service in accordance with the Department's drug and alcohol testing programs, our staff participates in conferences, trainings and seminars throughout the country. Events, dates, locations, and registration information...
As a result of the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, the following DOT Agencies established drug and alcohol testing regulations to ensure that aircraft, trains, trucks, and buses were operated in a safe and...