Transportation

By Transportation Security Administration

Book Id: WPLBN0000665857
Format Type: PDF eBook:
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Transportation
Author:	Transportation Security Administration
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Language:	English
Subject:	Economics, Transportation, Transportation--Security measures
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Transportation Security Administration Publications
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Publisher:	The Transportation Security Administration


Citation APA MLA Chicago Administration, T. S. (n.d.). Transportation. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Department of Transportation. // (a) The Department of Transportation is an executive department of the United States Government at the seat of Government. // (b) The head of the Department is the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. // (c) The Department has a Deputy Secretary of Transportation appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Secretary- // (1) shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary; and // (2) acts for the Secretary when the Secretary is absent or unable to serve or when the office of Secretary is vacant. // (d) The Department has an Associate Deputy Secretary appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Associate Deputy Secretary shall carry out powers and duties prescribed by the Secretary. // (e) The Department has 4 Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department also has an Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Administration appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary, with the approval of the President. They shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary. An Assistant Secretary or the General Counsel, in the order prescribed by the Secretary, acts for the Secretary when the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary are absent or unable to serve, or when the offices of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are vacant. // (f) The Department shall have a seal that shall be judicially recognized.