Department of Transportation (Philippines)

Department of Transportation

Kagawaran ng Transportasyon
Department of Transportation main office in Clark, Pampanga
Department overview
Formed	January 23, 1899; 125 years ago (1899-01-23)
Dissolved	June 30, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-06-30) as Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
Headquarters	Clark Freeport, Mabalacat, Pampanga
Annual budget	₱167.1 billion (2023) [1]
Department executives	Jaime Bautista, Secretary Reinier Paul R. Yebra, Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary and Undersecretary for Legal Affairs
Website	www.dotr.gov.ph

The Department of Transportation (DOTr; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Transportasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress. It is responsible for the country's land, air, and sea communications infrastructure.

Until June 30, 2016, the department was named Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC; Filipino: Kagawarán ng Transportasyón at Komunikasyón). With Republic Act No. 10844 or "An Act Creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology", signed into law on May 20, 2016 during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, the Information and Communications Technology Office was spun off the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and merged with all operative units of the DOTC dealing with communications, to form the new Department of Information and Communications Technology.^[2]