Office the Secretary of Transportation (OST) FOIA Information

• FOIA Requester Service Center: (202) 366-4542
• FOIA Public Liaison: Fern Kaufman (202) 366-8067

The Office of the Secretary (OST) formulates national transportation policy; prepares needed transportation legislation; helps negotiate and implement international transportation agreements; assures the fitness of U.S. airlines and enforces airline consumer protection regulations. It also issues regulations to prevent alcohol and illegal drug misuse in transportation systems; assures lack of discrimination against people with disabilities; promotes intermodal transportation; issues licenses for commercial expendable space launch vehicle operations and encourages minority enterprises in transportation.

If you are looking for information that we may have on the matters described above, please send your request to the FOIA contact for the Office of the Secretary. If you are interested in information on other areas of transportation, you must direct your request to the Department of Transportation organization that may have those records. See our description of each organization and the list of FOIA contacts.

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