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GAO-11-416R 1 (2011-02-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanws0001 and id is 1 raw text is: k A countability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 February 25, 2011 The Honorable Patty Murray Chairman The Honorable Susan Collins Ranking Member Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Tom Latham Chairman The Honorable John W. Olver Ranking Member Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Subject: Motor Carrier Safety: FMCSA Has Devoted a Small but Increasing Amount of Resources to Develop the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program but Is Requesting a Significant Increase for Full Implementation In 2004, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) began work on its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) initiative' to improve the safety of commercial motor vehicles, such as trucks and buses. FMCSA, whose primary mission is to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes, fatalities and injuries, has made progress on CSA but needs to complete both implementation throughout all states and a Carrier Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking before CSA is fully implemented. CSA represents a different, more data-driven approach to motor carrier safety. Under CSA, which introduces a new system for identifying and responding to carrier safety risks, FMCSA intends to increase the number of carriers it evaluates and reduce crashes involving commercial vehicles. In light of delays in implementing CSA, Congress is concerned about FMCSA's ability to implement the program and directed GAO to monitor the program's implementation and review GAO-11-416R 1The program was originally titled Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. FMCSA renamed it Compliance, Safety, Accountability in December 2010.

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