Nov 14, 2019
In the coming weeks, Scopelitis Transportation Consulting is conducting several seminars to companies seeking additional guidance and education for its safety managers and other relevant staff. The upcoming seminars, conducted via video conference or in person, are...
Nov 14, 2019
On November 6, 2019, the Trucking Association of New York hosted a webinar about the upcoming Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse mandate featuring P. Sean Garney, VP of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting. During the hour-long presentation, Garney provided the latest...
Nov 13, 2019
When complete, the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse will be FMCSA’s largest database with an estimated 4-6 million users, over 5 million annual queries, and nearly 120,000 CDL driver violations reported annually.
Nov 13, 2019
According to a recent USDOT Inspector General Report, it took FMCSA computers two weeks to run its new IRT model using data from a subset of 10,000 motor carriers.
Nov 13, 2019
Last week STC President & CEO Dave Osiecki talked to transportation industry news platform FreightWaves about the potential that FMCSA might delay parts of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. Read the full FreightWaves...
Nov 13, 2019
In late 2018, STC advised its readers that FMCSA was planning to expand the use of “off-site” compliance audits to all 50 states during FY 2019. We explained that FMCSA had been using off-sites audits in only 10 states (the CSA pilot states) for several years and,...
Nov 13, 2019
Two recent notices from the USDOT Inspector General’s office (OIG) caught STC’s attention: An OIG report outlining the “top management challenges” for FMCSA in 2020. The report cited an 11 percent increase in fatalities from 2013 to 2018 as a reason FMCSA should focus...
Nov 13, 2019
Below are select quotes from recent Hours of Service (HOS) comments filed with FMCSA by organizations that typically oppose industry-supported HOS changes. These are some of the organizations that might decide to challenge FMCSA’s changes in court if the agency...
Oct 18, 2019
STC President Dave Osiecki will be in Las Vegas, NV on October 28, 2019 to answer questions from motor carriers on how to prepare for the December 16, 2019 deadline by which all carriers must complete their transition to Electronic Logging Devices. Osiecki will be...
Oct 18, 2019
STC Vice President P. Sean Garney will be attending the American Trucking Associations Safety Management Council’s Fall Policy Conference, October 24-25, 2019 in Arlington, VA. Garney will use the time to meet with clients and federal officials, participate in...
