Department of Transportation

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,DC 20590

Phone, 202–366–4000. Internet, http://www.dot.gov.

Secretary of Transportation RAYMOND H. LAHOOD

Deputy Secretary JOHN PORCARI

Under Secretary for Policy (VACANCY)

General Counsel ROBERT RIVKIN

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration BRODI FONTENOT

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and

International Affairs

SUSAN KURLAND

Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs

and Chief Financial Off‌icer

CHRIS BERTRAM

Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs DANA GRESHAM

Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy POLLY TROTTENBERG

Chief of Staff JOAN DEBOER

Chief Information Off‌icer NITIN PRADHAN

White House Liaison NATE TURNBULL

Director, Civil Rights CAMILLE HAZEUR

Director, Drug and Alcohol Policy and

Compliance

JIM L. SWART

Director, Executive Secretariat CAROL DARR

Director, Public Affairs SASHA JOHNSON

Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization

BRANDON NEAL

Director, Intelligence, Security, and Emergency

Response

MICHAEL LOWDER

Inspector General CAL SCOVEL

[For the Department of Transportationstatement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49,

Part 1, Subpart A]

The Department of Transportation establishes national transportation policy for

highway planning, and construction, motor carrier safety, urban mass transit, railroads,

aviation, and the safety of waterways, ports, highways, and pipelines.

The Department of Transportation (DOT)

was established by act of October 15,

1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 102 and

102 note), “to assure the coordinated,

effective administration of the

transportation programs of the Federal

Government” and to develop “national

transportation policies and programs

conducive to the provision of fast, safe,

eff‌icient, and convenient transportation

at the lowest cost consistent therewith.”

It became operational in April 1967 and

was comprised of elements transferred

from eight other major departments and

agencies.

Secretary The Department of

Transportation is administered by the

Secretary of Transportation, who is the

principal adviser to the President in all

matters relating to Federal transportation

programs.

Under Secretary The Under Secretary

for Policy serves as a principal policy

adviser to the Secretary and provides

leadership in policy development for the

Department.