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Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; U.S. Department of Transportation Learning Agenda: Fiscal Years 2024-2026, Response to Comments Received
This document provides the public with responses to the comments received for Federal Register Request for Information "Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secre...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) systematically plans for building evidence to inform policy, regulatory, and operational decisions. This systematic plan, known as a learning agenda, is developed in accordance with Title I of the
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.1
In March 2022, DOT published the first Department-wide
Learning Agenda: Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-2026,
in conjunction with the Department's
Strategic Plan: FY 2022-2026.2
DOT reviews and assesses the
Learning Agenda
on an annual basis in accordance with Section 290.8 of Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-11 and OMB Memoranda M-19-23 and M-21-27.3
Upon reaching the mid-point of the
Learning Agenda: FY 2022-2026,
the Department determined it was beneficial to update it and issue the
Learning Agenda: FY 2024-2026.
As part of the development process for the
Learning Agenda: FY 2024-2026,
DOT's Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs issued a Request for Information (RFI).4
The RFI sought public comment regarding potential updates to DOT's first Learning Agenda in three main areas:
- Whether there were new priority learning questions;
- Whether there were new priority data needs; and
- Whether the learning questions or data needs in theLearning Agenda: FY 2022-2026
needed to be adjusted.
The RFI was published on February 13, 2024, and accepted responses during a 60-day comment period.
DOT received eight comments through the Request for Information and took them into consideration when developing the
Learning Agenda: FY 2024-2026.
Most comments offered broad input. One comment sent by the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law focused on the Corporate Annual Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards; it was forwarded to the appropriate office within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for their consideration.
DOT published the
Learning Agenda: FY 2024-2026
on November 13, 2024. It is available on the DOT's web page under the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs.5
Issued in Washington, DC.
Victoria Wassmer,
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Endnotes
1
Public Law 115-435, title I, sec. 101(a)(2); 5 U.S.C. 312(a).
2
DOT (2022),
Learning Agenda: FY 2024-2026, https://www.transportation.gov/mission/budget/learning-agenda-fy-2022-2026; Strategic Plan: FY 2022-2026, https://www.transportation.gov/mission/us-dot-strategic-plan-fy-2022-2026.
3
Office of Management and Budget (2024),
Circular A-11: Preparation, Submission and Execution of the Budget,
Section 290.8,
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/s290.pdf;
(2019), “Memoranda 19-23,”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/M-19-23.pdf;
(2021), “Memoranda M-21-27,”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/M-21-27.pdf.
4
89 FR 10155 (February 13, 2024),
www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/13/2024-02669/office-of-the-chief-financial-officer-and-assistant-secretary-for-budget-and-programs-us-department.
5
DOT (2024),
Learning Agenda: FY 2024-2026, https://www.transportation.gov/mission/budget/learning-agenda-fy-24-26.