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The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation , who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet .
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Transportation by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of May 1, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 9 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 7 positions do not have nominees, and 5 appointments have been made to positions ...
The seal of the United States Department of Transportation. A department of transportation (DOT or DoT) is a government agency responsible for managing transportation.The term is primarily used in the United States to describe a transportation authority that coordinates or oversees transportation-related matters within its jurisdiction.
Secretary of Transportation: Elaine Chao: January 31, 2017 (Confirmed January 31, 2017, 93–6) [1] January 11, 2021 Deputy Secretary of Transportation: Steven G. Bradbury [2] September 10, 2019 January 20, 2021 General Counsel of Transportation November 28, 2017 (Confirmed November 14, 2017, 50–47) [3] January 20, 2021 Under Secretary of ...
Louisiana's next transportation secretary faces a $19 billion backlog in highway and bridge needs. Jeff Landry taps transportation secretary to address Louisiana's crumbling roads, bridges Skip to ...
The post was created on October 15, 1966, by the Department of Transportation Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. [2] The department's mission is "to develop and coordinate policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system, with due regard for need, the environment, and the national defense." [2]
The Volpe Center The future Volpe Center in summer 2023 before its opening.. The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (colloquially, the Volpe Center) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a center of transportation and logistics expertise in the Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT).
United States Department of Transportation: Reports to: Secretary of Transportation Deputy Secretary of Transportation: Appointer: The President with Senate advice and consent: Term length: No fixed term 49 U.S.C. § 102: Salary: Executive Schedule, level II 5 U.S.C. § 5313: Website: www.transportation.gov /policy