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Last week, President Obama announced his intention to nominate John Porcari as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). He would succeed Vice Admiral Thomas Barrett, who had served as deputy secretary since August 2007.

Porcari currently is secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation. He also chairs the entity responsible for operating the state’s bridge and tunnel facilities. Porcari is in his second tour as Maryland DOT’s secretary; he previously served in that capacity from 1999 to 2002.

In between his secretary stints, Porcari served as vice president for administrative affairs at the University of Maryland, where he also was chief administrative and financial officer.

The USDOT’s deputy secretary serves as the agency’s chief operating officer and is responsible for the day-to-day management of 10 modal administrations and about 60,000 employees.