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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's National Transportation Safety Board page on 29 October 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, and railroad accidents. When requested, the NTSB will assist the military and foreign governments with accident investigation. The NTSB is also in charge of investigating cases of hazardous materials releases that occur during transportation. The agency is based in Washington, D.C. As of December 2014, it has four regional offices located in Anchorage, Alaska; Denver, Colorado; Ashburn, Virginia; and Seattle, Washington. The agency also operates a national training center at its Ashburn facility.
The origin of the NTSB was in the Air Commerce Act of 1926, which assigned the United States Department of Commerce responsibility for investigating domestic aviation accidents. The USA's first "independent" Air Safety Board was established in 1938: it lasted only fourteen months. In 1940, this authority was transferred to the Civil Aeronautics Board's newly formed Bureau of Aviation Safety.
In 1967, Congress created a separate cabinet-level Department of Transportation, which among other things established the Federal Aviation Administration as an agency under the DOT. At the same time, the NTSB was established as an independent agency which absorbed the Bureau of Aviation Safety's responsibilities. However, from 1967 to 1975, the NTSB reported to the DOT for administrative purposes, while conducting investigations into the Federal Aviation Administration, also a DOT agency.
To avoid any conflict, Congress passed the Independent Safety Board Act, and on April 1, 1975, the NTSB became a fully independent federal agency. As of 2015, the NTSB has investigated over 140,000 aviation incidents and several thousand surface transportation incidents.
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| 18 June 2003 | US NTSB Launches Seat Belt Campaign David Clements for Voice of America News |  Article Page - 3:43 |
Documents
2000: Putting Children First
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| 24 February 1998 | Sunshine Act Meeting; Public Hearing on Safety of Nation's Transit Bus Systems | Federal Register: NTSB (Ray Smith) |
| 18 June 2003 | US NTSB Launches Seat Belt Campaign  | David Clements |
| June 2007 | NTSB Calls for Fire Prevention Upgrades on Motorcoaches | NTSB |
| 8 September 2010 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 12 July 2011 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 30 August 2011 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 12 December 2011 | US Transportation Investigators Recommend Ban on Driver Cell Phone Use | VOA News |
| 14 December 2011 | Knee-jerk reaction by NTSB | Gus Philpott, The Woodstock Advocate |
| 26 December 2011 | Push to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving Builds | Laurel Bowman, VOA News |
| 17 July 2012 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 18 October 2012 | Sunshine Act Meetings | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 27 November 2012 | Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 29 October 2013 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 1 July 2014 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 7 August 2015 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 21 October 2015 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 3 November 2015 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 4 February 2016 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 29 September 2016 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 1 March 2017 | Sunshine Act Meeting; Agenda | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 21 March 2017 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean R. McCray) |
| 20 June 2017 | NTSB: Driver Ignored Warnings, Did Not Hold Wheel in Fatal Tesla Crash | VOA News |
| 11 July 2017 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 22 August 2017 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 10 October 2017 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 24 January 2018 | US Safety Board to Probe Tesla Autopilot Crash | VOA News |
| 16 May 2018 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean McCray) |
| 17 July 2018 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean McCray) |
| 22 August 2018 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 26 September 2018 | Sunshine Act Meetings | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 29 May 2019 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean McCray) |
| 7 October 2019 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean R. McCray) |
| 16 October 2019 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean R McCray) |
| 10 February 2020 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean R. McCray) |
| 21 April 2020 | Sunshine Act Meetings | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean R. McCray) |
| 10 September 2020 | Sunshine Act Meeting | Federal Register: NTSB (Candi R. Bing) |
| 17 November 2020 | Sunshine Act Meetings | Federal Register: NTSB (LaSean R. McCray) |
| 22 March 2022 | Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request To comply with Executive Order 14043 (Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees) and October 2021 guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, the NTSB created and received emergency clearance in November 2021 for the following form: Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Byline: Jennifer Homendy Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 29 March 2022 | Sunshine Act Meetings Highway Investigative Report: Bus roadway departure and rollover crash in Pala Mesa, California. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Byline: Candi R. Bing |
| 22 November 2022 | Sunshine Act Meeting MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 69049 Safety Research Report--Alcohol, Other Drug, and Multiple Drug Use Among Drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Byline: LaSean R. McCray |
| 12 December 2022 | Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting Cancellation The matter scheduled to be considered at the Sunshine Act meeting was the Safety Research Report--Alcohol, Other Drug, and Multiple Drug Use Among Drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Byline: Candi R. Bing |
| 7 March 2023 | Sunshine Act Meetings MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 69683 Highway Investigative Report--Multivehicle Collision Involving a Milk Tank Combination Vehicle and Stopped Traffic Queue, Phoenix, Arizona, June 9, 2021. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Byline: LaSean R. McCray |