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Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

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...

Locomotive Image and Audio Recording Devices for Passenger Trains PIA

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...

Official Questions and Answers (Q&A's) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Regulation (49 CFR 26)

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

 

B4UFly Privacy Impact Assessment

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...