[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR601.3]

[Page 1040-1041]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 601--ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 601.3  General responsibilities.

    The general responsibilities of each of the offices which comprise 
the headquarters organization of FTA are:
    (a) Office of the Associate Administrator for Administration. 
Directed by an Associate Administrator for Administration, this office 
provides general administrative support services for FTA, including 
financial management, personnel administration, audit, procurement, 
logistical and management information systems.
    (b) Office of Chief Counsel. Directed by a Chief Counsel, this 
office provides legal advice and services to the Administrator and other 
FTA officials; coordinates with and provides support to the General 
Counsel of DOT on matters involving urban mass transportation; and, 
provides liaison between FTA and the Department of Labor regarding the 
administration of section 13(c) of Federal Mass Transit Act of 1964, as 
amended (``the Act'').
    (c) Office of Public Affairs. Directed by a Director of Public 
Affairs, this office advises and assists the Administrator in the area 
of public relations and in the dissemination to the public and the news 
media of information about FTA programs, projects and activities.
    (d) Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy and Program 
Development. Directed by an Associate Administrator for Policy and 
Development, this office advises and assists the Administrator in the 
development and evaluation of policies and plans for implementing the 
functions and programs authorized by the Act; coordinates FTA activities 
with those of other agencies; and manages and administers the University 
Research Program under section 11 of the Act (49 U.S.C. 1607(c)). This 
office has three organizational components: The Office of Policy 
Development; the Office of Program Evaluation; and the Office of Policy 
Research.
    (e) Office of the Associate Administrator for Transit Assistance. 
Directed by an Associate Administrator for Transit Assistance, this 
office reviews and processes all applications for urban mass 
transportation capital and operating assistance grants and loans under 
sections 3, 4, 5, 16 and 17 of the Act (49 U.S.C. 1602, 1603, 1604, 1612 
and 1613); reviews and processes applications for Federal assistance to 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) under the 
Transportation Act of 1972 and the National Capital Area Transit Act of 
1972; directs the evaluation and analysis of proposed annual programs 
and individual programs and individual projects; and approves and 
recommends for approval annual programs and individual projects. This 
office has three operating components which direct and coordinate post-
approval grant activities: the Office of Grant Assistance, the Office of 
Program Support, and the Office of Program Analysis.
    (f) Office of the Associate Administrator for Transportation 
Planning. Directed by an Associate Administrator for Transportation 
Planning, this office assists the Administrator in directing, 
coordinating and controlling FTA's transportation planning assistance 
and reviews planning activities both in relation to FTA-supported State 
and local actions and planning policy interaction within the Department 
of Transportation and with other Federal agencies; and administers 
grants to States and local public bodies under section 9 of the Act (49 
U.S.C. 1607a). This office has two organizational components: the Office 
of Planning Assistance and the Office of Planning Methodology and 
Technical Support.
    (g) Office of the Associate Administrator for Transportation 
Management and

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Demonstrations. Directed by an Associate Administrator for 
Transportation Management and Demonstrations, this office assists the 
Administrator in directing, conducting and controlling research and 
demonstration activities, including information dissemination, to foster 
the development of methods for improving transit management and 
operations from the perspectives of the operator and the user; 
administers grant and procurement contracts to demonstrate facilities, 
methods and techniques under section 6(a) of the Act (49 U.S.C. 1605), 
and managerial training fellowship grants under section 10 of the Act 
(49 U.S.C. 1607b). This office has two organizational components: the 
Office of Transit Management and the Office of Service and Methods 
Demonstrations.
    (h) Office of the Associate Administrator for Technology Development 
and Deployment. Directed by an Associate Administrator for Technology 
Development and Deployment, this office is responsible for developing 
and administering a program of research, development, testing, 
evaluation, operational demonstration, product qualification, 
standardization, analysis, and information exchange concerning new 
products intended for use in transportation systems assisted by FTA. The 
office is also responsible for FTA's safety and system assurance 
function and for advising the Administrator on matters relating to 
technology. This office administers research, development and 
demonstration projects under section 6(a) of the Act (49 U.S.C. 1605).
    (i) Office of Civil Rights. Directed by a Director of Civil Rights, 
this office advises and assists the Administrator and other FTA 
officials in implementing compliance with applicable laws and directives 
pertaining to civil rights and equal employment opportunity, both within 
FTA and in the conduct of urban mass transportation projects and 
programs.