Public Works Commission (Ventora)

The Public Works Commission (: Comisión de Obras Públicas) is the Ventoran government cabinet-level department responsible for transport, energy, and other utilities involving infrastructure and networks. Bruno Celso Suero Zamorano, Baron of Salcedo, is the current Public Works Commissioner and head of the commission. As with other cabinet-level departments, the commission's head offices are in Government Quarter of Plenas, Arava.

History
King Andrés I commissioned Grem de Montaña Roig to systematize and oversee the development of inland waterways for transport and commerce in 1845. The commission was expanded to include railway and telegraph coordination in 1887 as a result of their increasing expansion. Roadways naturally came under the commission's charge in 1892. With the growth of natural gas and then the viability of electricity distribution from central generating plants, public utilities, including water, telephone, radio, and television, were placed under the supervision of the commission in 1901. The advent of commercial aviation led to airway regulation being assigned to the commission in 1938.

Structure
The commission is organized as follows:
 * Secretariat&mdash;offices of the Commissioner and senior commission officials
 * Communications Policy Council
 * Energy Policy Council
 * Transport Policy Council
 * Defense Councillor
 * Trade Councillor
 * Information Office (Minister Prolocutor)
 * Franchises and Concessions Ombudsman (Minister Defensor)
 * Directorate General for Communications (Dirección General de Comunicaciones, DGC)
 * Directorate for Radio
 * Directorate for Telecommunications
 * Directorate for Television
 * Directorate General for Energy (Dirección General de Energía, DGE)
 * Directorate for Electricity
 * Directorate for Natural Gas
 * Directorate for Petroleum
 * Directorate General for Public Facilities (Dirección General de Equipamiento Público, DGEP)
 * Directorate for Buildings
 * Directorate for Public Lands
 * Directorate General for Transport (Dirección General de Transporte, DGT)
 * Directorate for Transport Coordination
 * Bureau for Airways&mdash;oversees air routes and civil aviation facilities planning, building, and operations, and aids to navigation
 * Bureau for Railways&mdash;oversees railway planning, building, operations, and concessions
 * Bureau for Roadways&mdash;oversees highway and roadway planning, building, operations, and concessions and franchises
 * Bureau for Waterways&mdash;manages waterways planning, building, operations, and oversees ports concessions, and aids to navigation
 * Directorate for Transport Safety
 * Bureau for Aerial Vehicle Standards
 * Bureau for Rail Vehicle Standards
 * Bureau for Road Vehicle Standards
 * Bureau for Vessel Standards
 * Directorate General for Support (Dirección General de Apoyo, DGA)
 * Directorate for Research
 * Directorate for Enterprise Services
 * Bureau for Legal Services
 * Bureau for Personnel
 * Bureau fro Procurement
 * Bureau for Supply and Services
 * Bureau for Technical Services
 * Bureau for Training

Agencies

 * Airspace Management Authority (Autoridad de Gestión del Espacio Aéreo, AGEA) &mdash;air traffic control
 * Electromagnetic Spectrum Authority (Autoridad del Espectro Electromagnético, AEE) &mdash;electromagnetic frequency allocation and licensing
 * Transport Licensure Service (Servicio de Licencias de Transporte, SLT)
 * Directorate for Equipment Licensing&mdash;bureaus for licensing aircraft, rail and road vehicles, and watercraft
 * Directorate for Operator Licensing&mdash;bureaus for licensing operators of all types of vehicles, including road, rail, and vessels, as well as aircraft pilots

Related independent agencies

 * Aeronautical Inquiry Board (Junta de Investigación Aeronáuticos, JIA) &mdash;impartial investigation of aviation safety incidents, near misses, and crashes
 * Atomics Safety Agency (Agencia de Seguridad Atómica, ASA)
 * Civil Protection Corps (Cuerpo de Protección Civil, CPC)&mdash;government-chartered private non-profit organization charged with and technical assistance for disaster response
 * High-Speed Rail Consortium (Consortio de Trenes Rápidos, CTR)&mdash;public-private agency for managing the Tren Rápido high-speed rail network
 * Transport Inquiry Board (Junta de Investigación de Transporte, JIT) &mdash;impartial investigation into railway and waterway transport safety incidents, near misses, and crashes