DOT 8-07
Friday, January 12, 2007
News Digest
Two Annapolis Residents Recognized for Community Service. U.S. Deputy Secretary
of Transportation Maria Cino, as part of the department’s Martin Luther King,
Jr. Holiday celebration, on January 11 presented the President’s Volunteer
Community Service Awards to individuals and groups that have exemplified the
ideals of Dr. King through acts of community service. Deputy Secretary Cino
recognized Eugene Peterson, a compliance officer with the department’s National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for outstanding employee volunteer
service for his work in education in Anne Arundel County, MD. The Reverend Mamie
Alethia Williams received the award for outstanding citizen volunteer services
for her work in housing in Annapolis and Washington, D.C. Representatives of the
Federal Aviation (Administration’s) Garrett A. Morgan (Technology and
Transportation Futures Program) Volunteer Committee and the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Volunteer Committee both received awards for group volunteer
service. The Garrett A. Morgan committee is kicking-off “First Aviation
(Transportation) Club: Where Dreams Take Flight,” partnering with local (high)
schools (and colleges) in the Washington, D.C. area to promote technology and
transportation-related curricula for disadvantaged youth. The department’s
Volunteer Committee was recognized for more than two decades of supporting
volunteer community service activities. The DOT Committee just completed
orientation for its "Everybody Wins" Program for 2007, a weekly mentoring and
reading initiative at Anthony Bowen Elementary School in Washington, DC. In
2006, its 17 members contributed more than 587 volunteer hours. Contact Kim
Riddle: 202-366-4570.
Brecht-Clark Named to Key DOT Research Position. Dr. Jan Brecht-Clark has been
named Associate Administrator for Research, Development and Technology at the
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA). Dr. Brecht-Clark joins RITA after serving as Deputy
Director for Compliance at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Prior to joining TSA, she was Director of Aviation and Transportation Security
on the White House Homeland Security Council, and previously served as Director
of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Aviation Security
Policy and Planning and Deputy Director of FAA's Office of Aviation Research.
Contact Paul Feenstra: (202) 366-4792.
Row Chosen to Lead Intelligent Transportation Systems Program. Shelley J. Row
has been chosen as Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Joint Program Office at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Since 2003, Row
has served as Associate Executive Director for Technical Programs at the
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Prior to joining ITE, she served as
Director of Transportation Operations at the Federal Highway Administration, and
previously served in several roles in the ITS Joint Program Office. Contact Paul
Feenstra: (202) 366-4792.
Dillingham Named Director of Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Dr. Steve
Dillingham has been named Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology
Administration. Dr. Dillingham has an extensive background in research and
statistics. His previous government service includes serving as the Director of
the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and directing research and planning for the
Department of Justice's U.S. Trustee Program. He also served as Chief
Administrator of the American Prosecutors Research Institute. Recently, he has
been Chief Counsel for the Vice Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
He holds graduate degrees in government (PhD, MPA), law (JD, LLM) and business
(MBA). Contact Paul Feenstra: (202) 366-4792.
FHWA Signs Historic Agreement with Israel. Engineers from the Federal Highway
Administration will share road building techniques and best practices with their
Israeli counterparts through a growing international training and information
exchange partnership. In a ceremony yesterday, Israel became the second Middle
Eastern nation to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with the FHWA. Administrator
J. Richard Capka signed an agreement in the agency’s Washington, D.C.,
headquarters with representatives of the Israel National Roads Company, their
nation’s equivalent of the FHWA. The Memorandum of Cooperation promotes
technology exchange activities on road building materials, design and
cost-control. Contact Doug Hecox: 202-366-0660.
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