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General

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Employment of People with Disabilities

The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to being a model employer of a diverse workforce that includes people with disabilities, especially those with targeted disabilities (deafness, blindness, partial paralysis, total paralysis, missing limbs, distortion of limbs or spine, mental...

Personal Assistance as a Reasonable Accommodation

In the workplace, a Personal Assistance Service (PAS) is provided as a reasonable accommodation to enable an employee to perform the essential functions of a job. The employer's responsibility for providing reasonable accommodations begins when the employee reaches the job site and concludes...

Request an Interpreter

The DOT Disability Resource Center (DRC) provides sign language interpreting as a reasonable accommodation to DOT employees and job applicants with disabilities. There is no additional charge to Operating Administrations for this service.

Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations are changes or modifications to a job or work environment that make it possible for an employee with a disability to perform the essential functions of that job. Reasonable accommodations create equal access and opportunities in the workplace so that people with...

Disability Resource Center

The Department of Transportation's Disability Resource Center (DRC) provides job accommodations and related services to DOT employees and job applicants. The DOT Office of Human Resource Management operates the DRC with guidance from the Departmental Office of Civil Rights.

Civil Reserve Airfleet

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet is a cooperative, voluntary program involving the DOT, DOD and the U.S. civil air carrier industry in a partnership to augment DOD aircraft capability during a national defense related crisis.

Business Services and Administration

This staff provides the strategic planning for the emergency preparedness and response aspects of the Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response.  The Program Manager works in close coordination with the Office staff on strategic planning matters, and also participates in the...

Protective Service Division

Protective Services DivisionThe Protective Service Division provides for the safety and security of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary as directed.  We also perform other duties as assigned by the Director.

Operations Division

The Department’s Crisis Management Center (CMC) serves as the focal point for the Department’s actions during crises.  The CMC is designed to monitor the nation’s transportation systems and infrastructure 24-hours a day, 7 days a week; hosts the Secretary’s Emergency Response Team and other...