FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening Program Webinar July 9, 2014

PSP What  2010 FMCSA Initiative ●PSP 1.0 launched – May 2010 ●PSP 2.0 rolled out – October 2012  Provides carriers and industry service providers with crash and inspection information on potential new hires  Voluntary for employers, industry service providers, and drivers  Driver must provide written consent 2

PSP Why  Required by SAFETEA-LU  Increase safety  Assist companies in making better informed decisions on new hires  Improves data quality ●Can request a review of the data through FMCSA’s DataQs System 3

PSP Data  Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) ●5 years crash data ●3 years inspection data  Does not include conviction data  Same as FMCSA’s Driver Information Resource (DIR)  Different from an MVR  Adjudicated citations policy 4

PSP vs. MVR  PSP report contains a driver’s crash and roadside inspection history  MVR contains a driver’s convictions from a state  MVR is only activity associated with a single state CDL  View PSP data for all CDLs a driver has held in the past 5 years  MVR timeframe varies by state 5

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PSP Safety Impact Analysis Findings 8  Both the PSP and non-PSP carriers experienced declines in crashes and driver out-of-service rates during the study’s time period  Carriers using PSP experienced more improvements in their crash and driver OOS rates  Findings are available online ● PSP-Safety-Impact.pdf

PSP Safety Study Results Driver Class SizeCrash Reduction RateDriver OOS Reduction Rate %18.3% %12.0% %10.1% > %12.8% All Sizes8.0%17.2% 9  All driver class sizes experienced decreases in crash and OOS rates  On average, carriers who use PSP reduced crashes by 8% and driver OOS rates fell by 17.2%!

PSP Enrollment  Enrollment agreement available on PSP web site –  Fee for account holder service, single monthly invoice  Submit an enrollment agreement to the PSP customer service team –  PSP managed by NIC Technologies on behalf of FMCSA 10

Data Protection  Data handling must adhere to: ●Privacy Act ●Fair Credit Reporting Act ●All Other Applicable Federal Laws  NIC Technologies cannot change data 11

Driver Consent Audit  Confirm that account holders are capturing driver consent  Increase awareness of driver consent process  Ensure drivers are aware their reports are being accessed 12

Audit Procedures  PSP account holders are selected  Account holders receive notification upon selection  Up to 3 specific PSP requests will be audited  Account holders must provide proof of drivers’ consent form (paper or electronic are acceptable) 13

Audit Requirements  All account holders MUST use the FMCSA-provided consent language  Consent must include driver name and signature (hand-written or electronic)  Consent must include the date  Consent date must be on or prior to the day the account holder requested the driver’s PSP record 14

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