Those who have been in the trucking industry for some time and have, or have had, safety and compliance responsibilities…

In early March 2019, FMCSA created a new “Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse” website, designed as an outreach and education site…

On March 8, 2019, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on…

Since 2017, FMCSA has been funding a project to help develop and commercialize a “Trucking Fatigue Meter” (TFM). You can…

In early February 2019, FMCSA sent its ‘advance notice of proposed rulemaking’ document concerning the future of the DOT employment…

Will FMCSA ‘stand up’ the long-awaited CDL Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse in 2019, allowing the industry to meet the January…

In mid-January 2019, FMCSA held a public briefing in Washington, part of which focused on the Agency’s preliminary testing of…

Few would argue that requiring the use of electronic logging devices wasn’t a game changer for the business of trucking.…

Did you know the Scopelitis Law Firm, and its affiliated Scopelitis Transportation Consulting (STC) subsidiary, has an office in the…

Of the 14,369 ‘DOT’ compliance audits conducted on motor carriers in FY 2018, 13,424 (or 93%) included a finding of…

On January 15, 2019, FMCSA held its annual “Analysis, Research & Technology” briefing in Washington, DC. During the 4-hour briefing,…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Although FMCSA staff have not yet been furloughed during the partial government shutdown, other parts…