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GAO-18-98R 1 (2017-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalgr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 October 26, 2017 The Honorable Deb Fischer Chair Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United State Senate The Honorable Richard Blumenthal Ranking Member Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United State Senate Driver and Vehicle Data: Federal Efforts and Stakeholders' Perspectives on Facilitating Data Sharing Consumers, federal and state agencies, and industry stakeholders, including auto dealers and insurance companies, rely on state driver and vehicle data for a variety of purposes. While states and the District of Columbia collect and maintain driver and vehicle data for licensing and titling purposes, the Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Justice (DOJ) help states share their information through three driver and vehicle data systems required by federal law.1 States use the data in these systems for various purposes, such as public safety and consumer protection. For example, a state licensing agency checks these driver data systems before issuing a license to an individual, in part to prevent certain problem drivers from obtaining licenses in the state. Additionally, a state titling agency checks the vehicle data system before issuing a title to prevent stolen vehicles from being titled across state lines. DOT also assists state and local governments in a broader effort to collect, maintain, and share states' traffic records data, which include state driver and vehicle data. These data are maintained at the state level and are intended to improve public safety.2 1 Federal law required DOT to establish and maintain the National Driver Register, the computerized version of which is known as the Problem Driver Pointer System. See Pub. L. No. 97-364, § 203, 96 Stat. 1738, 1741 (Oct. 25, 1982) (codified as amended at 49 U.S.C. § 30302). Federal law also required DOT to establish and maintain the Commercial Driver's License Information System. See Pub. L. No. 99-570, § 12007, 100 Stat. 3207-175 (Oct. 27, 1986); Pub. L. No. 105-178, § 4011(d), 112 Stat. 107, 407 (June 9, 1998) (codified as amended at 49 U.S.C. § 31309). Most recently, federal law required DOT to establish the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System; however, this responsibility was later transferred to DOJ. See Pub. L. No. 102-519, § 202, 106 Stat. 3384, 3390 (Oct. 25, 1992); Pub. L. No. 104-152, § 3, 110 Stat. 1384, 1384 (July 2, 1996) (codified as amended at 49 U.S.C. § 30502). 2 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within DOT helps states improve their efforts to collect, manage, analyze, and integrate traffic records data across states' six core traffic record data systems. These six core traffic data systems are the crash, driver, vehicle, roadway, citation/adjudication, and emergency medical services/injury surveillance systems. GAO-1 8-98R Driver and Vehicle Data Sharing Page 1

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