The United States Department of Transportation 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.
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the president of the United States. There are currently 15 executive departments.
The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan central fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of USA's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional US Citizens first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the central government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a United States service academy in Kings Point,New York. It trains its midshipmen to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine,branches of the United States Armed Forces and the transportation industry. Midshipmen are trained in different fields such as marine engineering,navigation,ship's administration,maritime law,personnel management,international law,customs,and many other subjects important to the task of running a large ship.
The Calnev Pipeline is a 550-mile (890 km) long buried refined oil products pipeline in the United States,owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. The pipeline consists of two parallel lines,the larger,has a diameter of 14 inches (360 mm) and the smaller one has a diameter of 8 inches (200 mm). The lines carry gasoline,jet fuel,and diesel fuel from Los Angeles,California refineries as far as Nellis Air Force Base south of North Las Vegas,Nevada. It carries approximately 128,000 barrels per day (20,400 m3/d). Jet fuel from the pipeline is also delivered to the Harry Reid International Airport tank farm in Paradise. Additional terminal facilities are located in Barstow,California.
Brigham A. McCown is a former member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service.
Maria Cino is an American public servant and political operative of the Republican Party. She served in the United States Department of Commerce and served as acting United States Secretary of Transportation during the George W. Bush administration.
Mary E. Peters is an American government official who served as the 15th United States secretary of transportation from 2006 to 2009,under President George W. Bush. She was the second woman to hold that position after Elizabeth Dole.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is a United States Department of Transportation agency created in 2004,responsible for developing and enforcing regulations for the safe,reliable,and environmentally sound transportation of energy and other hazardous materials. It is in charge of overseeing about 3.4 million miles of pipelines - accounting for 65% of the energy consumed in the U.S. - and regulating the nearly 1 million daily shipments of hazardous materials by land,sea,and air. This includes pipelines carrying carbon dioxide Carbon capture and utilization). PHMSA's safety programs are housed in the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS). PHMSA is headquartered in Washington,D.C.
Peter James Brown is a retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral,who served as the Special Representative for Puerto Rico's Disaster Recovery. He previously served as the ninth Homeland Security Advisor in the Trump Administration.
The Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration of the Department of Homeland Security,which is presented to United States Armed Forces service members for exceptionally meritorious service. The current version of the medal was established in February 2003,retroactive to March 1,2002.
David Peter Pekoske is an American government official and retired U.S. Coast Guard vice admiral who has served as the seventh administrator of the Transportation Security Administration in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since 2017. He served as the acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security from April to November 2019 and again from January to June 2021. From January 20,2021 to February 2,2021 he served as acting secretary of homeland security,during the Senate confirmation of Alejandro Mayorkas. Pekoske retired with 33 years of active military service in 2010 as the 26th vice commandant of the Coast Guard.
Peter Vance Neffenger is a United States Coast Guard Admiral and public servant who served as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from July 2015 to January 20,2017.
Howard R. "Skip" Elliott is an American government official who served as the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration from 2017 to 2021.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of George W. Bush,from January 1,2002 to December 31,2002.
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is the name of offices within federal and state agencies charged with promoting efforts to do business with small and minority owned businesses. The offices are designed to aid in contracting. The offices exist at the Office of U.S. Secretary of Defense,U.S. Department of Commerce,Department of Energy,U.S. Department of Transportation,U.S. Department of State,U.S. Department of Interior,Social Security Administration,U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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