The purpose of this award to the rhode island division of motor vehicles is to support the automated transmission of dach data to rhode island modernized system (rims) to determine prohibitions and…

The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles has received a $465,100 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) program. The purpose of this 4-year grant is to support enhancements to Rhode Island's commercial driver licensing systems and processes in order to comply with federal CDL requirements. Key deliverables include: 1) automating the transmission of driver history data to the state's motor vehicle records system to identify license prohibitions and take appropriate actions, 2) upgrading the CDL knowledge tests from the 2014 to 2017 version, 3) supporting proper notification to drivers regarding CDL medical requirements, hazardous materials endorsements, and the self-certification process, and 4) printing 10,000 updated CDL driver manuals. This grant award enables the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles to modernize its CDL programs, improve data quality and timeliness, and provide critical information to commercial drivers.

The purpose of this award to the rhode island division of motor vehicles is to support the automated transmission of dach data to rhode island modernized system (rims) to determine prohibitions and take appropriate action on the driver record upgrade the knowledge tests from the july 2014 version to the july 2017 version of the 2005 CDL test system support the proper notification to drivers pertaining to the CDL medical requirements, hazardous material endorsement security threat assessment and the dach via mail and print 10,000 CDL driver manuals with the modernized testing information as a supplement.