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

February 12, 2019

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

February 12, 2019

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

February 12, 2019

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

February 12, 2019

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

January 30, 2019

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

January 22, 2019

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

January 22, 2019

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

January 22, 2019

[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…

January 22, 2019

In last month’s newsletter, we took a glimpse into FMCSA’s regulatory agenda for 2019. Since January is the month the…

January 22, 2019

Tragically, active shooter situations are occurring with increasing regularity. Scopelitis Transportation Consulting now offers Workplace Violence Prevention and Active Shooter…

December 12, 2018

In the first month of FY 2019 (i.e, Oct 2018), FMCSA closed 261 enforcement cases against motor carriers, with 76…

December 12, 2018