Organization and Leadership

The head of the ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) is Shelley Row.  The Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration oversees the ITS Program.  The ITS JPO has Department-wide authority in coordinating the ITS program and initiatives among the following DOT Offices:

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• Maritime Administration (MARAD).

The ITS program director leads the JPO, which is comprised of program managers and coordinators of the US DOT's multimodal ITS initiatives. In addition, individual staff members manage technology transfer functions, such as National ITS Architecture development and maintenance, Standards development, professional capacity building and program assessment.

Resources

• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Overview Fact Sheet
• ITS Strategic Research Plan 2010-2014

Procurement Opportunities

2010 Procurement

The ITS JPO research program is guided by a Strategic Plan.  As we implement the ITS Research Strategic Plan  open procurements may become available through a variety of solicitations (RFP) and Broad Agency Announcements (BAA). Additionally opportunities can be found on fedbizopps.gov.  Interested parties may register at the aforementioned site to receive a variety of procurement announcements and notifications. It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor the FedBizOpps website for any amendments to procurement packages. The Government will not accept telephoned, e-mailed, letter-written, or faxed requests for procurements. The Government reserves the right to award multiple contracts based on solicitations. NO OTHER PROCUREMENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

• U.S. Department of Transportation Small Business Innovation Research - DTRT57-11-R-SBIR110/15/10
• ITS-JPO Selects Eight Firms to Develop and Produce V2V and V2I Communications Devices 9/28/10

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Please continue to use the ITS JPO’s other communication channels for comments or questions. These include:

• E-mail: ITShelp@dot.gov
• Telephone: Toll-free "Help Line" 866-367-7487

For list of ITS JPO staff and ITS Field Office Specialists, please visit the “Contact Us” section of our Website: