To most Americans, the word “audit” conjures up a visceral fear of the IRS combing through their records and finances. However, to those in the motor carrier industry, “audit” means something much ...

FMCSA at one time tried to audit each new entrant within its first 18 months of operation until Congress urged that these initial audits be conducted within a year. Every year an average of 34,000 new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has announced yet another audit into the Federal Motor Carrier ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had shut down "550 sham CDL training schools." The move follows nearly 1,500 in-person audits carried out ...

A Department of Transportation (“DOT”) audit [1] is something that all motor carriers dread. The potential for a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) investigator can often have ...

The key to a new entrant safety audit is documentation. You may do all the required steps to comply with the regulations, but if it is not documented, it will appear that you are not. If you decide to ...

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) has called into question the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ability to properly oversee the trucking industry and enforce safety regulations.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has scheduled an in-person listening session as it continues to gather information about possible changes to the way the agency rates motor carrier ...

FMCSA will reorganize safety categories and remove the controlled substance and alcohol category. Most violations will be worth one point, and scores will only apply to recent violations. FMCSA will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: A truck involved in a rollover accident. The FMCSA is supposed to be the front line of safety in trucking—but with 94% of ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] An internal audit of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is ensuring states comply with federal standards for ...