The Rights of Small Entities to Enforcement Fairness and Policy Against Retaliation

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Your Rights to Enforcement Fairness

Our objective is to ensure a fair regulatory enforcement environment. If you feel you have been treated unfairly or unprofessionally by a NHTSA employee, you may email Daniel Rabinovitz or contact him at 202-366-8534.

You also have a right to contact the Small Business Administration's National Ombudsman at 1-888-REGFAIR or sba.gov/ombudsman regarding the fairness of the compliance and enforcement activities by this agency.

Policy Against Retaliation

The Department of Transportation strictly forbids retaliatory acts by its employees. As such, you should feel confident that you will not be penalized for expressing your concerns about compliance and enforcement activities.