Following requests from motor carriers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has OK’d electronic signatures for use on documents so long as the electronic documents or signatures accurately reflect the information in the record and remain accessible in a form that can be viewed and/or reproduced accurately according to agency rules. The agency issued a regulatory guidance outlining its new standards regarding electonic formats and Continue Reading

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) continues to challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) supporting documents policy, saying that portions of it are at odds with existing or previously unaddressed policies. Specifically, the latest FMSCA directive calls for carriers to account for hours-of-service oversight activities using electronic communication and tracking systems, which Continue Reading

A recently proposed Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) policy favored eliminating a number of documents provided similar records were maintained by qualified electronic mobile communications/tracking technology. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has yet to decide whether this change is sufficient. The FMCSA has Continue Reading

A new regulatory guidance and policy from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) helps ease the burden of keeping track of numerous supporting documents to verify driver logs, so long as those carriers use electronic mobile communications and tracking technology. The guidance clarified that certain documentation, like trip permits, driver call-in records and cash advance receipts, once required by a 1997 rule, are no longer Continue Reading