FTA Circulars


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FTA issues guidance, often in the form of circulars, to provide grantees with direction on program specific issues and statutory requirements. 

Significant Guidance Documents

FTA has determined that circulars are significant guidance documents.  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established guidelines federal agencies should follow when creating and disseminating important guidance. Part of these guidelines state that agencies must provide easy access to a list of all of an agency's significant guidance documents in electronic form.  If you want to learn more about this effort you can read the OMB Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices (PDF).

To submit comments, questions or complaints regarding existing Circulars, please contact Bonnie Graves, Attorney Advisor, Office of the Chief Counsel.  Please reference the specific circular you want to discuss in your e-mail.  Comments on proposed circulars can be submitted at http://www.regulations.gov/.


Circular Topic Date Title
 C 2710.1A   Accounting   07-18-88  Sampling Procedures for Obtaining Fixed-Route Bus Operating Data Required Under the Section 15 Reporting System
 C 2710.2A   Accounting   07-22-88  Sampling Procedures for Obtaining Demand-Responsive Bus System Operating Data Required Under the Section 15 Reporting System
 C 2710.4A   Accounting   07-22-88  Revenue Based Sampling Procedures for Obtaining Fixed-Route Bus Operating Data Required Under the Section 15 Reporting System
 C 2710.6   Accounting   07-01-88  Section 15 Accounting and Reporting Release Number 1
 C 2710.7   Accounting   07-01-88  Section 15 Accounting and Reporting Release Number 2
 C 4220.1F   Procurement   11-01-08  Third Party Contracting Guidance
 C 4702.1A   Civil Rights   05-13-07  Title VI and Title VI-Dependent Guidelines for FTA Recipients
 C 4704.1   Civil Rights   07-26-88  Equal Employment Opportunity Program Guidelines for Grant Recipients
 C 4715.1A   Civil Rights   07-26-88  Human Resource Programs (Section 20) Application and Project Management Guidelines
 C 5010.1D   Grants Management - General   11-01-08  Grant Management Requirements
 C 5200.1A   Grants Management - General   12-05-02  Full-Funding Grant Agreements Guidance
 C 5800.1   Safety and Security for Major Capital Projects    08-01-07  Safety and Security Management Guidance for Major Capital Projects
 C 6100.1D   Technology Development and Deployment    05-01-11  Research, Technical Assistance, and Training Programs: Application Instructions and Program Management Guidelines
 C 7008.1A   Policy and Program Development   01-30-02  Financial Capacity Policy
 C 7020.1   Policy and Program Development   04-26-90  Cross-Border Leasing Guidelines
 C 8100.1C   Planning   09-01-08  Program Guidance for Metropolitan Planning and State Planning and Research Program Grants
 C 9030.1D   Capital Facilities and Formula Grant Programs   05-01-10  Urbanized Area Formula Program: Program Guidance and Application Instructions
 C 9040.1F   Capital Facilities and Formula Grant Programs   04-01-07  Nonurbanized Area Formula Program Guidance and Grant Application Instructions
 C 9045.1   Formula Grant Programs   05-01-07  New Freedom Program Guidance and Application Instructions
 C 9050.1   Formula Grant & Direct Apportionment Programs    05-01-07  The Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Program Guidance and Application Instructions
 C 9070.1F   Capital Facilities and Formula Grant Program   05-01-07  Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program Guidance and Application Instructions
 C 9300.1B   Capital Facilities and Formula Grant Programs   11-01-08  Capital Investment Program Guidance and Application Instructions
 C 9500.1   Capital Facilities and Formula Grant Programs   03-30-84  Intergovernmental Review of FTA Planning, Capital and Operating Programs and Activities
 C 4702.1A   Civil Rights   05-13-07  Overview of Proposed EJ Circular
 C 4702.1A   Civil Rights   05-13-07  Overview of Proposed Title VI Circular

To receive copies of circulars in special readability formats, or circulars not shown above, please contact the FTA Office of Management Planning, TAD-10, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, E44-404 - East Building Washington, DC 20590, or call the FTA’s Administrative Services Help Desk, 202-366-4865.

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