President Obama tapped former Rep. LaHood, R-Ill., to be Transportation secretary more for his bipartisan bona fides than for any policy expertise in the field ...
A fourth-generation public servant from Rochester, N.Y., Porcari says that his childhood love of planes, trains, and automobiles prompted him to go into the transportation ...
Kienitz worked transportation issues from every angle before becoming the DOT undersecretary for policy. A Mountain View, Calif., native with a degree in aquatic biology ...
Taking over an agency beset by labor strife and questions about its oversight of the industry it regulates is no easy task, but if anyone ...
Mendez, a former president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, served on the Obama transition team as director of public outreach ...
If Ferro can overcome stiff opposition to win confirmation, she'll step into a hornets' nest as head of the FMCSA. The office, the lead safety ...
Appel sees all modes of transportation as contributing to economic growth, livable communities, and sustainability, which explains why he joined hikers and bikers two weeks ...
Szabo knew that the FRA was in for a busy year implementing two major rail initiatives that got under way in 2008. Then came $8 ...
Rogoff, 49, is thoroughly seasoned: He spent 22 years as a Senate Appropriations Committee aide, including 14 as the top Democratic staffer on its Transportation ...
The close tie between Harvard Law School classmates Barack Obama and Artur Davis, now a Democratic House member from Alabama, has put at least two ...
Established: 1966
Address: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590
Phone: 202-366-4000
2009 Budget: $109.4 billion
Employment: 55,889
Web Site: www.dot.gov
Functions: DOT administers policies and programs for highways, railroads, urban mass transit, and aviation. The department also regulates the safety of ports, waterways, highways, aviation, railroads, and oil and natural-gas pipelines.
