1. PURPOSE. To issue revised pages to the FHWA Delegations and Organization Manual.

2. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES. Part II (Organization and Functions), Chapter 4 (Office of Research and Development) is changed as follows:

   1. Section 1 (Associate Administrator for Research and Development) is changed to reflect the new title of the Office of Engineering Research and Development and the removal of the Office of Advanced Research from the list of organizational elements for which the Associate Administrator provides executive direction.

   2. Section 2 (Office of Engineering Research and Development) is amended to reflect: (1) the retitling of the Office of Engineering and Highway Operations Research and Development, Pavements Division, and Materials Division, as the Office of Engineering Research and Development, Pavement Performance Division, and Special Projects and Engineering Division, respectively; (2) abolishment of the Long Term Pavement Performance Division; 3) establishment of the Exploratory Research Team; and (4) revised functional statements for several of the organizational elements.

   3. Section 4 (Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development) is amended to reflect: (1) the retitling of the IVHS Research Division, Design Concepts Division, and Information and Behavioral Systems Division as the Intelligent Systems and Technology Division, Safety Design Division, and Traffic and Driver Information Systems Division, respectively; (2) abolishment of the Traffic Systems, Electronic Systems, and Fleet and Rural Applications Branches within the retitled Intelligent Systems and Technology Division; (3) establishment of the Advanced Research Team; and (4) revised functional statements for several of the organizational elements.

   4. Section 6 (Office of Advanced Research) is deleted in its entirety to reflect the abolishment of the Office and the Operations Research and Physical Research Divisions.

/s/
Rodney E. Slater
Federal Highway Administrator