The Clearinghouse, a web-based system found at (https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov), will provide FMCSA and employers of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with the necessary tools to identify drivers who are prohibited from operating CMVs due to DOT drug and alcohol program violations. The...
Section 11411 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, Pub. L. 114‐94, 129 Stat. 1686 (Dec. 4, 2015) (FAST Act), codified in the Federal railroad safety laws at 49 U.S.C. 20168, requires FRA (as the Secretary of Transportation’s delegate) to promulgate regulations requiring each...
DBE Program Official Q&A's for Regulation (49 CFR part 26)
The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed these questions and answers and approved them as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR Part 26. These questions and answers therefore represent the institutional position of the Department of Transportation. These questions and answers provide guidance and information for compliance with the provisions under 49 CFR Part 26, pertaining to the implementation of the Department's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Like all guidance material, these questions and answers are not, in themselves, legally binding or mandatory, and do not constitute regulations. They are issued to provide an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with Part 26. While these questions and answers are not mandatory, they are derived from extensive DOT, recipient, and contractor experience and input concerning the determination of compliance with Part 26.
Q&A’s have been added to address the following elements of the DBE program:
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Personal Net Worth
Program Administrator
Prompt payment and Retainage
Good Faith Efforts Requirements
Fostering Small Business Programs
Commercially Useful Function
Contract goals
Certification Procedures
Certification Standards
Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations
Ownership
Counting
Regular Dealers
Size standard
Waivers or Exemptions
Subrecipients
Overall Goals
Decertification
Termination/Substitution of DBE
Reporting requirements
Recovery Act
Race-Neutral Measures
Certification Appeals
Mentor Protege Programs
Confidentiality of Information
Western States Decision
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aviation Safety(AVS), Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office (AUS) partnered with Kittyhawk to develop the B4UFLY mobile application ("hereafter referred to as "B4UFLY") to provide recreational small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) flyers...
BULLETIN: TSB-2019-08
DATE: July 24, 2019
SUBJECT: Notice of DOT HQ Garage Painting/ Restriping
INFORMATION: JBG will be repainting all existing parking lines, hash marks,...