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Anne S. Ferro
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
July 24, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43117-43122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17489]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2013-0392]
Enhancements to the Motor Carrier Safety Measurement System (SMS)
Web Site
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces enhancements to the display of information on
the public Safety Measurement System (SMS) Web site and responds to
comments received in response to FMCSA's Federal Register Notice,
``Proposed Enhancements to the Motor Carrier Safety Measurement System
(SMS) Public Web site'' published on November 5, 2013 The changes to
the design of the SMS public Web site do not alter the SMS methodology
or affect a carrier's safety rating, which is subject to 49 CFR part
385, Safety Fitness Procedures. The enhancements are a continuation of
the Agency's efforts, first announced in April 2010, to provide the
motor carrier industry and other safety stakeholders with more
comprehensive, informative, and regularly updated safety performance
data. This notice explains the Agency's modifications to the public SMS
display, including four additional changes not originally proposed that
resulted from comments received. The enhancements will be implemented
when SMS data is updated in August 2014. The SMS display preview Web
site will remain available until the SMS display changes described in
this notice become operational.
DATES: These enhancements are scheduled to be operational on August 2,
2014.
ADDRESSES:
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Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT Headquarters Building at
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The on-line
Federal document management system is available 24 hours each day, 365
days each year.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
Privacy Act System of Records Notice for the DOT Federal Docket
Management System published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008
(73 FR 3316), or you may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-785.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Courtney Stevenson, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, Compliance Division, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Telephone 202-366-5241, Email:
courtney.stevenson@dot.gov. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, contact Docket Operations, Telephone
(202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov and
insert the docket number, ``FMCSA-2013-0392'' in the ``Keyword'' box
and click ``Search.'' Next, click ``Open Docket Folder'' button and
choose the document listed to review. If you do not have access to the
Internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
II. Background
The SMS uses data collected from roadside inspections, State-
reported crashes, and investigations to quantify the relative safety
performance of motor carriers. The Agency uses SMS data to proactively
identify and prioritize high-risk motor carriers. This prioritization
is used to allocate investigative resources, as well as identify motor
carriers for other actions such as a warning letters. FMCSA first
announced the implementation of the SMS in the Federal Register on
April 9, 2010 (75 FR 18256, Docket No. FMCSA-2004-18898). As FMCSA
discussed in that notice, the SMS provides the motor carrier industry
and other safety stakeholders with more comprehensive, informative, and
regularly updated safety performance data. FMCSA announced further
improvements to the SMS in March 2012 (77 FR 18298, Docket No. FMCSA-
2012-0074) and August 2012 (77 FR 52110, Docket No. FMCSA-2004-18898).
As stated in the March 2012 notice, FMCSA plans to apply a systematic
approach to making improvements to SMS, prioritizing and releasing
packages of improvements as needed.
Consistent with its prior announcements, on November 5, 2013, FMCSA
announced proposed enhancements to the SMS Web site display and began a
60-day public comment period. The proposed enhancements were based on
feedback received from enforcement, industry, and other safety
stakeholders, including the Agency's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee (MCSAC), which was asked in February 2013 to provide input to
the Agency regarding potential improvement to the Agency's CSA program,
including the SMS Web site.
Throughout the comment period, stakeholders were able to view the
proposed changes on the SMS display preview Web site. In addition, the
Agency conducted three webinars to educate and inform the public about
the proposed enhancements. For the full background about the SMS, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION in the November Federal Register Notice, 78
FR 66420 (Nov. 5, 2013). The Hazardous Materials (HM) Compliance
Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category (BASIC) and Crash
Indicator BASICS will continue to be hidden from public view.
FMCSA proposed these enhancements to advance the Agency's safety
mission by making important information more understandable for motor
carriers seeking to improve their safety performance and other public
users interested in FMCSA data. These enhancements are an extension of
the Agency's effort to provide more comprehensive, informative, and
regularly updated safety and compliance performance data through a
systematic approach, as announced in the April 9, 2010 and March 27,
2012 Federal Register notices.
The proposed Web site enhancements were developed to accomplish the
following three key objectives:
(1) Provide easier, more intuitive navigation, and user-friendly
features and descriptions to clarify the SMS's role as FMCSA's
prioritization tool for interventions;
(2) Consolidate FMCSA safety information, so users do not have to
go to multiple sites; and
(3) Provide improved access to detailed information and new
performance monitoring tools.
It should be noted that the first objective, which includes
clarifying SMS's role as a prioritization tool, is in alignment with
recommendations from the MCSAC report submitted to FMCSA on June 9,
2014. One of several recommendations related to the SMS public display
states that FMCSA should explain that the primary purpose of SMS is for
enforcement.
The Web site enhancements that will take place on August 2, 2014,
are summarized below:
(1) Displaying a summary BASIC status to better clarify if a motor
carrier's performance in the individual BASICs causes it to be
prioritized for an intervention. Detailed data, such as the motor
carrier's percentile ranking in each BASIC, has been moved to the
individual drill down pages for each BASIC.
(2) Offering a new ``Take a Tour'' feature to highlight
enhancements to the SMS display and show visitors how to locate and use
the site.
(3) Allowing the Web site user to download the data for all of the
carriers in the same safety event group used to rank a motor carrier's
BASIC percentile. The SMS determines a BASIC percentile for each motor
carrier within a BASIC based on how the individual carrier's BASIC
``measure'' ranks relative to other carriers with a similar number of
safety events (i.e., inspections, violations, or crashes).
(4) Highlighting a motor carrier's individual performance measure
in each BASIC to more clearly identify its performance trends over
time. The measure is based on the results of the carrier's roadside
inspections or crashes, and is not relative to other motor carriers in
its safety event group.
(5) Reordering the display of the BASICs based on their association
to crash rates, with the BASICs with the strongest associations at the
left.
(6) Displaying any motor carrier safety rating from a compliance
review (CR) issued in accordance with 49 CFR Part 385. Previously,
users had to go to FMCSA's Safety and Fitness Electronic Records
(SAFER) System Web site.
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(7) Displaying current insurance and operating authority status.
Previously, users had to access FMCSA's Licensing and Insurance (L&I)
Online Web site.
(8) Providing a motor carrier's enforcement case history, including
the date the case was closed, the applicable violations, and the
associated fines.
(9) Enhancing the presentation of safety performance over time
through a variety of displays and graphs users can customize.
(10) Displaying the total number of inspections as well as a
breakdown of the number of inspections with violations used in the SMS
in each carrier's detailed information.
(11) Clarifying terminology in the SMS, such as the definitions of
the terms ``0%'' and ``<3 inspections with violations,'' in a new
glossary called ``SMS Display Key Terms.''
FMCSA reviewed and considered all of the comments received related
to the preview.
II. Summary of Public Comments and Response
The Agency received 43 unique comments. Fifteen of the comments
received did not address the proposed display enhancements and were
outside of the scope of the notice. The Agency has considered only the
comments addressing the proposed enhancements to the design of the SMS
public Web site that were listed in the November 5, 2013, Federal
Register notice. Comments addressing other topics, such as the SMS
methodology and the general effectiveness of the SMS, were outside the
scope of the notice and were not considered for the purposes of
considering SMS display issues--the Agency accepts these comments as
general feedback on CSA and will handle them accordingly. As a result,
they are not discussed in this notice.
Commenters included representatives from the Advocates for Highway
and Auto Safety (Advocates), American Trucking Associations (ATA), C.H.
Robinson, Hazmat Environmental Group, Inc., American Bus Association
(ABA), The Alliance for Safe, Efficient and Competitive Truck
Transportation (ASECTT), National School Transportation Association,
and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA).
The majority of the commenters voiced support for the proposed
enhancements. Commenters supported having a single location for public
motor carrier safety data. However, many commenters offered
recommendations to improve the Web site. The ABA commended the Agency
for holding educational webinars to inform the public on the display
changes and suggested that the Agency continue this practice. Half of
the supporters chose not to identify themselves with a specific
stakeholder group, but those who did were primarily representatives
from industry associations, motor carriers, drivers, and other safety
stakeholders.
Below is a summary of the comments received that address the
proposed changes and the Agency's responses:
(1) Displaying a Summary BASIC Status to Better Clarify if a Motor
Carrier's Performance in the Individual BASICs Causes it To Be
Prioritized for an Intervention
FMCSA received ten comments to the docket relating to the summary
BASIC status. C.H. Robinson commended the Agency for moving detailed
BASIC information, such as the percentiles, to the site's internal Web
pages. C.H. Robinson stated that the removal of the BASIC percentile
ranks from the Carrier Overview page emphasizes that this data is used
to prioritize investigation resources. OOIDA also saw this change as an
improvement, but expressed a concern that BASIC percentile ranks are
difficult to put into a meaningful context.
Advocates, Apex Capital Group, the Hazmat Environmental Group,
Inc., and several individuals opposed the redesign of the Carrier
Overview page. They argued that the page does not provide a concise
snapshot of a carrier's safety profile and that it takes too many
clicks to access detailed BASIC information, which increases workload.
These commenters recommended that the Carrier Overview page retain the
detailed carrier information that the current SMS Web site displays,
such as BASIC percentile ranks and registration information. The Hazmat
Environmental Group, Inc. also argued that a carrier's safety rating
may be taken at face value without the BASIC percentile ranks on the
overview page to provide additional information. Apex Capital Corp
opposed the redesign and stated that BASIC prioritization status
information should only be displayed with SMS disclaimer language on
the internal pages of the Web site and removed from the Carrier
Overview page in its entirety.
In addition, OOIDA questioned the inclusion of Serious Violations
as part of the display and input into the BASIC prioritization status.
They argued that these violations are not part of the SMS methodology
and, therefore, are not used by FMCSA to prioritize carriers for
interventions.
Response
FMCSA designed the new Carrier Overview page to provide a summary
of a carrier's prioritization status in each BASIC. This page is not
intended to display detailed BASIC information. BASIC percentiles do
not impact a carrier's safety rating and are not intended to imply any
safety rating. However, FMCSA believes that easy access to detailed
information is essential for our stakeholders. To address comments
received, the Agency will revise the design of the Carrier Overview
page to allow users single-click access to detailed BASIC information
for a given carrier, across all BASICs.
In response to OOIDA's comments regarding Serious Violations, the
Agency notes that Serious Violations from investigation findings have
been factored into assessing a BASIC's prioritization status and have
been publicly available since implementation of the SMS in 2010. The
new Carrier Overview page displays a carrier's BASIC prioritization
status, which equates to the summary ``BASICs Status'' column that has
been available on the public SMS Web site since December 2010. To
assist users in understanding BASIC prioritization status, the Agency
plans to release an updated document which will centralize information
regarding how both on-road performance data (percentiles) and
investigation results (Serious Violations) have been and continue to be
factored into a carrier's prioritization status. This document will be
posted publicly following the SMS display release in August.
(2) Offering a New ``Take a Tour'' Feature To Highlight Enhancements to
the SMS Display and Show Visitors How To Locate and Use the Site
FMCSA did not receive any comments about this enhancement during
the preview. The Agency plans to refine the ``Take a Tour'' feature to
align with the modifications of the SMS display changes outlined in
this notice.
(3) Allowing the Web Site User To View and Download the Data for All of
the Carriers in the Same Safety Event Group Used To Rank a Motor
Carrier's BASIC Percentile
ATA and Advocates voiced their support for the inclusion of safety
event group information on the display. ATA added that safety event
group information for the Crash Indicator and Hazardous Materials (HM)
Compliance BASICs should not be available for public download; while
Advocates
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stated that all BASIC information should be available to the public. In
addition, Alejandro Canedo, Colleen Richie, Hazmat Environmental Group,
Inc., and an anonymous commenter voiced concern that they could not
find the print-ready carrier profile on the Web site and recommended
that the Agency retain this functionality.
Response
The new display will allow all users to view and download safety
event group information for publicly available BASICs. This information
includes a carrier's U.S. DOT Number, name, number of relevant
inspections, number of inspections with violations, and measure and
percentile in that public BASIC. This notice does not change which
BASICs are publicly available. The Crash Indicator and HM Compliance
BASICs are not publicly available, and their associated safety event
group information will not be made available to the public at this
time.
The Agency did not remove the print-ready functionality from the
SMS Web site. It is part of the preview site and will be part of the
new SMS display when it becomes operational in August 2014. To better
highlight this functionality for our stakeholders, the SMS display will
include a ``BASIC Status'' menu with a ``print'' option.
(4) Highlighting a Motor Carrier's Individual Performance Measure in
Each BASIC To More Clearly Identify Its Performance Trends Over Time
ATA commended the Agency for highlighting the carrier's measure,
stating that this lays the groundwork for future improvements to the
SMS methodology. Jerry Malinka recommended that carrier BASIC measure
data be the only data shown to shippers, brokers, and other public
stakeholders. OOIDA requested that the Agency clearly define a
carrier's measure throughout the new display to clarify how the public
should use this information.
Response
In response to this feedback, the new SMS display will include
user-friendly descriptions of a carrier's measure and offer better
explanations of its relationship to a carrier's percentile. These
descriptions will be available on the graphs for each BASIC, the ``SMS
Display Key Terms'' document located in the Help Center and additional
locations on the site. This change is in alignment with a
recommendation in the MCSAC report, which suggests FMCSA offer an
``improved explanation of the measures scores (i.e., raw scores) and
how they can or should be used by the public.''
(5) Reordering the Display of the BASICs Based on Their Association To
Crash Rates, With the BASICs With the Strongest Associations at the
Left
FMCSA acknowledges three commenters to the docket, Apex Capital
Corp., ATA, and an anonymous commenter, who raised concerns regarding
the new order of the BASICs. The anonymous commenter found the new
order confusing, recommending that the new display retain the order of
the BASICs on the current SMS Web site. Apex Capital Corp. and ATA
suggested that the public display include a statement that explains
that the BASICs are reordered based on their relationship to crash
risk.
Response
The new order of the BASICs is based on the results of FMCSA's SMS
Effectiveness Test, which is available at: http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/Documents/CSMS_Effectiveness_Test_Final_Report.pdf. The Agency
conducted this test to evaluate the SMS as a workload prioritization
tool to identify motor carriers with potential safety problems. An
additional change to the Web site related to these comments is
described in Section III below.
(6) Displaying Any Motor Carrier Safety Rating Issued in Accordance
With 49 CFR Part 385
Several commenters, including ATA and TIA, applauded the Agency for
including safety rating information on the Carrier Overview page of the
SMS display. A representative from ATA suggested that the safety rating
be displayed more prominently on the site. This member also requested
that the Agency remove the ``as of'' date underneath the safety rating,
arguing that this date implies that the rating is updated daily. The
ASECTT expressed concern that displaying a carrier's safety rating on
the same page as the BASICs would give a reader the impression that a
carrier's BASIC prioritization status is co-equal with its safety
rating.
Response
One of the key objectives of the SMS display enhancements is to
provide a single location for FMCSA's safety information about motor
carriers. FMCSA will display the safety rating at the top of the
Carrier Overview page, and FMCSA believes this location meets the
stated objectives. In addition, the ``as of'' date is necessary to
distinguish between the ``Rating Date'' and the date the rating
information was pulled from the SAFER System Web site. The ``as of''
date is the date the information was pulled from SAFER, while the
``Rating Date'' is the date the rating itself was issued by the Agency.
These dates will be clearly indicated in the Web site accordingly.
Regarding the comment from ASECTT, nothing on the SMS Web site
advises users to consider a carrier's BASIC prioritization status co-
equally with its safety rating. The SMS Web site will retain its
current disclaimer, which advises users that a carrier's BASIC
prioritization status ``is not intended to imply any Federal safety
rating of the carrier pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 31144.'' FMCSA encourages
users to examine all sources of FMCSA's safety information in order to
obtain the most comprehensive picture of a motor carrier's safety and
compliance status.
(7) Displaying Current Insurance and Operating Authority Status
Jennifer Spencer, Advocates, ATA, Knight Transportation, Inc., TIA,
and a commenter identified as G.O. supported this enhancement, and some
of them recommended that the Agency provide additional licensing and
insurance information. Advocates and Jennifer Spencer requested that
the display include the type and status of a carrier's operating
authority. Jennifer Spencer, Knight Transportation, Inc., and G.O. all
suggested that the display list the carrier's insurance type and filing
status.
Response
FMCSA is providing a link to the L&I Online Web site on the display
rather than duplicating the detailed information on that site. The L&I
Online Web site is a public database that provides users with access to
authorized for-hire motor carrier, freight forwarder, and property
broker licensing and insurance information.
(8) Providing a Motor Carrier's Enforcement Case History, Including the
Date the Case Was Closed, the Applicable Violations, and the Associated
Fines
ATA raised a concern that the penalties history information on the
display does not provide sufficient context for the fines issued to
carriers for past violations. ASECTT expressed concern that including
the penalties history information would give a reader the impression
that penalty history is as relevant as the carrier's safety rating.
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Response
To address ATA's concern, FMCSA will improve the Penalties History
section by providing a link to the Agency's Civil Penalties Web page,
where there is a description of closed enforcement cases by fiscal
year. The Agency has posted enforcement history information for many
years on this site. An enforcement case is considered ``closed'' once
the Agency issues the carrier a ``Notice of Claim'' (NOC) and the
carrier has (1) paid the penalty in full, (2) signed a settlement
agreement, or (3) a ``Final Agency Order'' was issued. Each closed
enforcement case listed includes the U.S. DOT Number, name, city and
State, the violations that resulted in the enforcement action, the case
number, and the total amount settled. The SMS Web site will not display
any penalties history information that was not previously publicly
available. Nothing on the SMS Web site advises users to consider a
carrier's penalties history.
(9) Enhancing the Display of Safety Performance Over Time Through a
Variety of Displays and Graphs Users Can Customize
ATA and OOIDA supported the Agency's enhanced graphs and displays
of a carrier's safety performance over time, and provided
recommendations to clarify these tools. OOIDA requested that the Agency
clearly define a carrier's measure on the graphs, and throughout the
display, to show how the public should use this information. ATA added
that the Agency should improve the design of the graphs to make them
more user-friendly.
Response
FMCSA believes it is important to ensure that our stakeholders can
understand the safety data presented on the SMS Web site. The Agency
will clarify a carrier's measures throughout the display to show how
the measures are calculated, as well as how they relate to the
carrier's percentiles.
(10) Displaying the Total Number of Inspections as Well as a Breakdown
of the Number of Inspections With Violations Used in the SMS for a
Carrier
The Agency did not receive any comments that addressed this change.
(11) Clarifying Terminology in the SMS, Such as the Definitions of the
Terms ``0%'' and ``<3 Inspections With Violations,'' in a New Glossary
Called ``SMS Display Key Terms''
ATA and C.H. Robinson recommended that the Agency modify the
display's BASIC percentile description. Both suggested the description
be written in terms that are positive, rather than negative, as to how
a carrier relates to its safety event group.
Response
FMCSA believes the description proposed meets the stated
objectives. The percentile represents how the individual carrier is
performing compared to other carriers in the safety event group. For
example, a 90 percentile indicates that, as stated in the description,
``90% of motor carriers in the same safety event group have better on-
road performance than this motor carrier.'' Switching the description
to positive terminology would result in one numeric value (90) being
displayed in the percentile column, with a different numeric value (10)
being used in the description, and may increase confusion for users.
Although it will not rephrase as suggested by these commenters, the
Agency will otherwise clarify the definition of percentiles as they
relate to safety event groups on the Web site.
III. Additional Changes
FMCSA is implementing additional changes as listed below based on
careful consideration of comments received and stakeholder feedback.
These changes are in addition to some cosmetic changes recommended by
commenters such as changing the colors in the display to better
distinguish between icons and BASICS that are prioritized.
(1) Providing a Carrier With Its Own Inspection Selection System (ISS)
Information, Including the Carrier's ISS Score, Inspection
Recommendations, and the Basis for Those Recommendations
Alejandro Canedo, Colleen Richie and Hazmat Environmental Group,
Inc., requested that the Carrier Overview page include a carrier's
individual ISS information to help educate carriers on what their ISS
is and equip them with some of the information used by enforcement.
Response
The Agency will provide carriers who are logged into the SMS Web
site with their own ISS information on the Carrier Overview page. The
information provided will include the carrier's ISS score, inspection
recommendations, the basis for those recommendations, and a link to the
ISS methodology. Previously, carriers and enforcement users had to log
into the Agency's Portal to obtain this information. Since the rollout
of the SMS in December 2010, ISS information has been, and will
continue to be, unavailable to the public and will not be made publicly
available at this time. Motor carriers will be able to view only their
own ISS information.
(2) Providing Carrier and Driver Out-of-Service (OOS) Rates and
National Averages To Allow Users To Compare an Individual Company's OOS
Rate With the National Average for Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs)
Advocates requested that FMCSA include driver and carrier OOS rates
and the national average OOS rates to enable users to compare an
individual company's rate with the national average of CMVs on the
roads.
Response
The Agency will provide driver and vehicle OOS information based on
data currently publicly available on FMCSA's SAFER System Web site. A
link to SAFER for more detailed information is also available on the
SMS display.
(3) Acknowledging Distinctions Between BASICS and Crash Involvement by
Incorporating BASIC Status To Crash Rate Graphs From FMCSA's SMS
Effectiveness Test
ATA stated that the Web site should clearly indicate the
relationship of each BASIC to safety.
Response
As mentioned above, FMCSA recently conducted an SMS Effectiveness
Test that examined the ability of the SMS to identify carriers with
safety problems for interventions. In response to this comment, the
Agency will provide a link to the SMS Effectiveness Test report and
display the results in two `BASIC Status to Crash Rate' graphs on the
SMS Web site. The graphs will show test results on the overall crash
rates of companies prioritized for intervention by number and type of
BASIC, compared to companies that were not prioritized. The SMS
Effectiveness Test report is available at: http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/Documents/CSMS_Effectiveness_Test_Final_Report.pdf. This change is
also in alignment with a recommendation in the MCSAC report noted
above, which suggests FMCSA provide ``examples of how the different
BASIC ratings can be used to make interpretations about comparative
crash risk between carriers with different ratings.''
(4) Displaying a Carrier's ``Doing Business As'' (DBA) Name To Enhance
the Search Options on the Web Site
Advocates recommended that the Agency provide the carrier's DBA
name
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to give users additional ways to search for carriers on the Web site.
Response
In response to this feedback, the Agency will provide a carrier's
DBA name to improve the search functionality on the site.
IV. Implementation
The SMS display enhancements explained in this notice will be
implemented in August 2014. The Agency is developing outreach materials
and plans to host several educational webinars for the public
addressing the enhancements to the public SMS Web site. The webinars
will address the enhancements to the public SMS Web site, as well as
MCMIS changes to improve uniformity in the treatment of violations data
that was announced in 79 FR 32491.These webinars will take place after
the implementation of the display changes to give stakeholders time to
familiarize themselves with the enhanced SMS Web site and identify any
questions they may have. The scheduled dates and times of the
educational webinars are below:
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 10:00-11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
All the webinars will have closed captioning available, and all
stakeholders are encouraged to participate. Interested parties can
register for the webinars through the FMCSA's National Training Center
at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/overview-fmcsa-safety-measurement-system-display-enhancements-industry-webinar. A copy of the webinar
will also be available on the Agency's Web site at www.fmcsa.dot.gov.
Issued on: July 21, 2014.
Anne S. Ferro,
Administrator.
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