Feinberg named acting FRA administrator

U.S. Transportation Department Chief of Staff Sarah Feinberg has been appointed to acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.    U.S. Transportation Department Chief of Staff Sarah Feinberg has been appointed to acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. 
   She succeeds Joseph C. Szabo who resigned as FRA administrator on Jan. 9. Szabo has been head of the agency since 2009. 
   Feinberg becomes the second woman to lead the agency since its founding in 1966. 
   Since 2013, Feinberg has served as the DOT’s chief of staff, managing the agency’s 10 departments and leading the agency’s legislative, policy, and communications efforts. 
   The FRA is the nation’s chief safety regulator for the passenger and freight rail industries. The agency has a $1.6 billion budget and employs nearly 900 people in Washington and eight regional offices across the country.