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The Department of Transportation (DOT) and our Operating Administrations (OA's) use a variety of third party tools and applications, such as social media and collaboration platforms, to create a more robust, user-friendly, and interactive online experience. DOT and our OA's comply with all...
Unencrypted HTTP connections create a privacy vulnerability and can expose potentially sensitive information that is susceptible to interception, manipulation, and impersonation. This data can include browser identity, website content, search...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administration (OA) websites contain a search function, DigitalGov Search, that allows users to easily search content intended for public use. All content on DOT and OA websites intended for public use can be indexed and searched by a commonly...
You can find information to help you understand the Department of Transportation’s Privacy Program here.
At the Department of Transportation, we have a long-standing commitment to using plain language, and we see plain writing as an integral part of achieving the goals of our Open Government Plan. We work to meet the best practices of the General Services Administration Digital.gov for...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and our Operating Administrations use Google Analytics to capture statistics on our websites. These statistics help website managers measure and report on users, sessions, most visited pages, and more. DOT also participates in the General Service...
An orphan page is a page of a website which does not point to any link from another site. The only way to access an orphan web page is to know its address (URL) as it is generally not indexed in search engines. The Department of Transportation (...
The Department of Transportation and our Operating Administrations are committed to openness and engagement. You can learn more about our Open Government Plan here.
All content created on the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administration (OA) websites are mobile responsive/device agnostic. However, we cannot guarantee that content created outside of the DOT or OA websites is mobile responsive/device agnostic.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administration websites include required links to the following information:
USA.govThe DOT Privacy Program webpageThe DOT Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) webpageA webpage with the DOT organizational structure, mission, and statutory...