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General

Legacy ID
2311

Office of the General Counsel

The General Counsel serves as the Chief Legal Officer of the Department, with final authority on questions of law.  The General Counsel is the legal advisor to the Secretary, and is responsible for the supervision, coordination and review of the legal work of the almost 500 lawyers...

Credit Council

On January 2, 2001, the Department established the TIFIA Credit Council for the administration of the TIFIA Program, via a Memorandum of Understanding entered into by the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, FRA, and the Federal Transit...

Government Officials at the US Department of Transportation

Key U.S. Department of Transportation Government Officials Sean Duffy - Secretary of Transportation 

Read more about Secretary Duffy

Steven G. Bradbury - Deputy Secretary of Transportation

Steven G. Bradbury is Deputy Secretary at the US...

Sean Duffy, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

The Office of the Secretary (OST) oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation. Other responsibilities range from negotiation and implementation of international transportation agreements, assuring the fitness of US airlines, enforcing airline...

Ethics

Information about Ethics laws and contact information for DOT Ethics officials.

FOIA

—The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a Federal law that gives you the right to access any U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) records unless DOT reasonably foresees that the release of the information in those records would harm an interest protected by one or more of the nine...

Rulemaking Process

This summary of the informal rulemaking process was prepared to help the public better understand how the rulemaking process works so that you may more effectively participate in it.  We prepared it particularly for individuals, small businesses, and others who do not participate in...