March 2015 Effects Report
Monthly effects report.
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February 2015 RRR Report
February 2015 Report on Retrospective Regulatory Reviews
Dorval Ronald Carter, Jr.
Acting Chief of StaffDorval Ronald Carter, Jr. is currently the US Department of Transportation Acting Chief of Staff. He serves as a senior adviser to Secretary Anthony Foxx. Dorval helps to manage a Department with more than 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget that oversees air,...
March 2015 Significant Rulemaking Report
March 2015 Rulemaking Report on Significant Rules.
January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
Local Hiring contracting initiative
NPRM Comment Period Extended to May 6
DOT is launching a new one-year Contracting Initiative as a pilot program --for FHWA and FTA recipients-- to evaluate the use of social and economic contracting requirements that have traditionally been disallowed due to concerns about their impact on...
Questions and Answers on Contract Initiatives
Updated April 2, 2015
1. Why has the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) decided to conduct this pilot program? 2. What is the goal and intended outcomes of the contracting initiatives pilot program?3. What legally prohibits DOT from allowing recipients to use local hire provisions?4....