Unregistered Carriers on 02/10/2009 - 934
Unregistered Carriers on 02/10/2010 - 921
Illinois - 95.73%
Maine - 93.66%
Today, I'd like to talk about State Corroboration of FMCSA data. I'm not talking about FMCSA state offices - I'm talking about actual state agencies who interact with FMCSA data.
Let me give you a couple of examples:
1) A motor carrier incorporates in Illinois. The corporation subsequently acquires a USDOT number. Later, that corporation is dissolved - voluntarily or involuntarily. According to everything we here in Illinois know, that corporation is no longer a viable legal entity and is no longer able to conduct business under the auspices of the corporation. Period! What should happen to the MCMIS record?
2) A motor carrier operates commercial vehicles interstate under a federal authority. The motor carrier doesn't register for a given year under the state's IRP program. What should happen to the MCMIS record?
3) A motor carrier with an "Active USDOT number" can be proven - via cancellation of policies and insurance filings - to be without insurance. What should happen to the USDOT number?
In conjunction with "cleaning up the data", we need to initiate an extensive dialogue about expanding and coordinating the collective database of knowledge we have about motor carriers. "Cleaning up the data" shouldn't just be about making sure that FMCSA has the correct name and address for a carrier. Cleaning up the data should also be about making sure that we - the FMCSA and the states - share and coordinate all the information we have about a carrier and making sure that carriers should even be on the highway. This is easier said than done ... but well worth the effort.
I'll be on R&R next week. The next post will be on or about 2/23.
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