---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1.98"
title: "49"
number: "1.98"
heading: "The Research and Innovative Technology Administration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1.98"
---

# §1.98. The Research and Innovative Technology Administration.


Is responsible for:

- (a) Coordinating, facilitating, and reviewing the Department's research and development programs and activities, except as related to NHTSA;
- (b) After consultation with Operating Administration and OST offices, making recommendations to the Secretary on all Operating Administration and OST research budgets;
- (c) Providing leadership on technical, navigation, communication, and systems engineering activities, and spectrum management on behalf of the civil and civilian PNT communities;
- (d) Directing and administering university transportation research grants;
- (e) In coordination with FHWA, NHTSA, and FMCSA, conducting vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure research;
- (f) Advancing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) research and deployment of real-time multi-modal travel information for travelers, carriers, and public agencies;
- (g) Providing oversight of the activities of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the ITS Joint Program Office, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the Transportation Safety Institute; and
- (h) **Providing technical support to advance the mission of the Secretary's Safety Council.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 19819, Apr. 5, 2016, unless otherwise noted.