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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $605 Million Loan for Houston’s Grand Parkway Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau will provide up to a $605 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation (...
ADVISORY NOTICE REGARDING SPAM EMAILS
Recently, there have been several spam emails portraying they were sent by the U.S. Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) or other Departmental offices. Our office does not send out Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for...
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DOT Memo on Enforcement ActionsU.S. Department of Transportation Announces Safety Rule to Strengthen Oil Train Spill Response Preparedness
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), today issued a final rule that requires railroads to develop and submit Comprehensive Oil Spill Response...
Aviation Consumer Complaint Application Privacy Act Exemption Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Transportation proposes to add a system of records relating to aviation consumer protection to the list of Department of Transportation Privacy Act Systems of Records that are exempt from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act. The...
B4UFly Privacy Impact Assessment
Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) B4UFLY mobile application provides unmanned hobbyist aircraft operators (hereafter known as "Users") a tool to determine whether it is safe and legal to fly a small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) within their geographic area. B4UFLY does not collect,...
Overflight Fee Collection System (OFCS)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FAA Reform Act) directs the FAA to charge overflight fees to Air Operators who traverse U.S. airspace but do not land in or takeoff from the U.S.. To carry out this authority, the FAA developed the Overflight Fee...