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DOT Announces Leadership Team at FAA, Small Business Office
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has designated Polly Trottenberg to serve as acting FAA Administrator.Joint Statement between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Mexican Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation:
Strong transportation links between Mexico and the United States are essential to our two countries and our economies. On Wednesday, President Lopez Obrador and Secretary Buttigieg discussed approaches to further strengthen these links, deepen our people-to-people ties, and support...
Diapositivas del seminario web: Identificando oportunidades de subvenciones “grants” discrecionales del USDOT
Este seminario web del 22 de mayo de 2023 mostró el Panel de subvenciones discrecionales del USDOT, una herramienta que facilita buscar y encontrar oportunidades de subvenciones según su tipo de proyecto, tipo de organización y otras consideraciones como los requisitos de pareo monetario. El...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Loan of Up to $45 Million for the Rural Two-Lane Advancement and Management Plan Project in Oklahoma
Project Will Improve Safety for Oklahomans in Seven Counties'Back to Basics' for Medical Review Officers
As an MRO you have an important and indispensable role in the DOT drug testing process. You act as an independent and impartial 'gatekeeper' and you advocate for the accuracy and integrity of the drug testing process. Your quality assurance reviews of the drug testing process strengthen...
DOT Rule 49 CFR Part 40 Section 40.92
Subpart F - Drug Testing Laboratories § 40.92 What is oral fluid validity testing, and are laboratories required to conduct it?(a) Specimen validity testing is the evaluation of the specimen to determine if it is consistent with normal human oral fluid. The purpose of validity testing is...
DOT Rule 49 CFR Part 40 Section 40.90
Subpart F - Drug Testing Laboratories § 40.90 What criteria do laboratories use to establish that a urine specimen is invalid?(a) As a laboratory, you must use the invalid test result criteria for the initial and confirmation testing as required by the HHS Mandatory Guidelines, and you...
DOT Rule 49 CFR Part 40 Section 40.88
Subpart F - Drug Testing Laboratories § 40.88 What criteria do laboratories use to establish that a urine specimen is dilute or substituted?(a) As a laboratory, you must consider the primary specimen to be dilute when:
The creatinine concentration is greater than or...
DOT Rule 49 CFR Part 40 Section 40.86
Subpart F - Drug Testing Laboratories § 40.86 What is urine validity testing, and are laboratories required to conduct it?(a) Specimen validity testing is the evaluation of the specimen to determine if it is consistent with normal human urine. The purpose of validity testing is to...