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Guidance for departmental formula and discretionary grant programs is contained in their authorizing legislation, program regulations, or departmental regulations. Generally guidance includes general project management requirements and limitations, if any, on spending authority. ...
The Acquisition Policy, Oversight, and Business Strategies Division is responsible for:
Developing and implementing Departmental acquisition regulatory guidance that supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) via the Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR)....The Office of Security (OS) develops internal security policy for all DOT modal administrations in accordance with federal laws, regulations, and Executive Orders.
The Office of Hearings (OH), comprised of administrative law judges (ALJs) and support staff. Its ALJs conduct official hearings under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq.) within the Department where formal APA hearings are required.
The Office of Human Resources is part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. We provide HR leadership, policy, strategic planning, and consultative services for our managers and employees. We also provide information...
The Office of Audit Relations (OAR) is the Departmental point of contact for all U.S. Government Accountability Office reviews. OAR also serves as the Office of the Secretary’s liaison to the Office of Inspector General. To ensure audit work conducted throughout DOT proceeds expeditiously and...
Name
Title
Anne Byrd
Assistant Secretary for Administration
Keith Washington
Deputy Assistant...
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration (OASA) provides leadership for management of Secretarial programs and performs operational functions to support the Department in:
Management and organizational effectiveness Presidential and Secretarial initiatives...We are expected to write in plain language. To provide information to the public as well as people throughout DOT with respect to this responsibility, we have prepared this web page. It contains links to documents with helpful information concerning plain language.
Federal agencies are required to consult with State and local governments and consider the impacts of their rulemakings on them when rulemaking actions have federalism implications.