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    <AgencyName>National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</AgencyName>
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        <Address>1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590</Address>
        <Phone>202-366-9550</Phone>
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          <Footer>[For the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 501]</Footer>
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            <NameColumnValue>David J. Friedman</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nathan Taylor</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director of Communications</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>O. Kevin Vincent</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Chief Counsel</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Regina Morgan</NameColumnValue>
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            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Office of Governmental Affairs, Policy and Strategic Planning</TitleColumnValue>
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            <TitleColumnValue>Senior Associate Administrator for Policy and Operations</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Julie Korkor</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Darlene Peoples</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Mary Sprague</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Associate Administrator for Planning, Administrative, and Financial Management</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Susan Gorcowski</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Colleen Coggins</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Brian M. McLaughlin</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Senior Associate Administrator for Traffic Injury Control</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Jeffrey P. Michael</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Maggi D. Gunnels</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Daniel C. Smith</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Senior Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety</TitleColumnValue>
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            <TitleColumnValue>Associate Administrator for Rulemaking</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nancy L. Lewis</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nathaniel Beuse</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Terry T. Shelton</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis</TitleColumnValue>
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              <Paragraph>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) to help reduce the number of deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on the Nation's highways.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration carries out programs relating to the safety performance of motor vehicles and related equipment; administers the State and community highway safety program with the FHWA; regulates the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program; issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that prescribe safety features and levels of safety-related performance for vehicles and vehicular equipment; rates the safety of passenger vehicles in the New Car Assessment Program; monitors and participates in international vehicle safety forums to harmonize the FMVSS where appropriate; investigates and prosecutes odometer fraud; carries out the National Driver Register Program to facilitate the exchange of State records on problem drivers; conducts studies and operates programs aimed at reducing economic losses in motor vehicle crashes and repairs; performs studies, conducts demonstration projects, issues regulations requiring manufacturers to provide motor vehicle consumer information to vehicle purchasers and promotes programs to reduce impaired driving, increase seat belt use, and reduce risky driver behaviors; and issues theft prevention standards for passenger motor vehicles.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Research and Program Development</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration provides a foundation for the development of motor vehicle and highway safety program standards by analyzing data and researching, developing, testing, and evaluating motor vehicles, motor vehicle equipment, and advanced technologies, and collecting and analyzing crash data. The research program covers numerous areas affecting safety and includes laboratory-testing facilities to obtain necessary basic data. NHTSA strives to encourage industry to adopt advanced motor vehicle safety designs, elevate public awareness of safety potentials, and provide a base for vehicle safety information.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Regional Operations and Program Delivery</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration administers State highway safety grant programs, authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. The Highway Safety formula grant program provides funds to the States, Indian nations, and the territories each year to support safety programs, particularly in the following national priority areas: occupant protection, impaired driving, police traffic services, emergency medical services, data/traffic records, motorcycle safety, pedestrian and bicycle safety, speed control, and roadway safety. Incentive grants are also used to encourage States to implement effective impaired driving, occupant protection, motorcycle safety, and data improvement programs.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Rulemaking</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that prescribe safety features and levels of safety-related performance for vehicles and vehicular equipment. The Administration participates in the United Nations World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) to improve, update, and harmonize its standards. It also conducts the New Car Assessment Program and the Governments Five Star Safety Rating Program, under which child seats, passenger cars, light trucks, and vans are subjected to a variety of assessments to evaluate their safety performance. These assessments are highly publicized and the vehicle star ratings are required to be placed on a new vehicles price label. Consumers use this information to make more informed decisions about how vehicles can keep them from getting in a crash and how well they would be protected if they were in a crash. The Administration educates consumers on topics such as distracted driving, as well as the proper use of vehicle safety features and child seats. To promote maximum feasible fuel economy, it manages a program establishing and revising fleet average fuel economy standards for passenger car and light truck manufacturers. The Administration also carries out an antitheft program, which includes issuing rules requiring that certain passenger motor vehicles meet parts-marking requirements, the designation of likely high-theft truck lines and calculating and publishing annual motor vehicle theft rates.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Enforcement</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>NHTSA’s Office of Enforcement assures that all new vehicles sold in the U.S. meet applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). Under its compliance program, the Office conducts random tests and collects consumer complaints to identify and investigate problems with motor vehicles and vehicular equipment. If a vehicle or equipment suffers from a safety-related defect or does not meet all applicable FMVSS, the Office seeks a recall under which manufacturers must notify owners and remedy the defect free of charge. The Office then monitors recalls to ensure that owners are notified in a timely manner and that the scope of the recall and the remedy are adequate to correct the defect.  The Office also assures that all motor vehicles subject to the CAFE regulations meet their respective CAFE targets, and it enforces violations of Federal odometer fraud regulations through criminal prosecution of offenders.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Center for Statistics and Analysis</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration maintains a collection of scientific and technical information related to motor vehicle safety and operates the National Center for Statistics and Analysis, whose activities include the development and maintenance of national highway-crash data collection systems and related statistical and economic analysis efforts. These comprehensive motor vehicle safety information resources serve as documentary reference points for Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as industry, universities, and the public.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Communications and Consumer Information</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration develops, directs, and implements communication strategies based on NHTSA policy and programs, including campaigns to support high visibility enforcement efforts such as "Click It or Ticket" and "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over."  It also promotes safety messages for NHTSA vehicle-related issues. The Office also manages all NHTSA Web sites and the toll-free Motor Vehicle Auto Safety Hotline to identify safety problems in motor vehicles and equipment. Consumers can call the hotline (phone, 888-327-4236; TDD, 800-424-9153 or 202-366-7800 in the Washington, DC, area) to report safety-related problems. English- and Spanish-speaking representatives are available between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. eastern standard time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Consumers can also reach the hotline via the Internet at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hotline. These calls form the basis for investigations and, ultimately, recalls if safety-related defects are identified. The hotline and the Web sites provide information to consumers about vehicle and child seat recalls, crash test results, and a variety of other highway safety information.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>For a complete list of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Regional Offices, go to www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatis/regions.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Office of Communications and Consumer Information, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Phone, 202-366-9550. Internet, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov.</Footer>
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