CSA audit begins as data quality comes into question

Jan 17, 2013

Updated Jan 18, 2013

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is being audited by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General, following a request from September by the House to do so.

The OIG wants to gauge whether FMCSA has in place adequate measures to make sure that the quality of data being used to evaluate carriers is sufficient.

For more on this story, see Overdrive sister site CCJ‘s report.

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