The purpose of this award to the pennsylvania department of transportation (penndot) safety administration to implement a employer notification system(ENS) to timely notify motor carriers when there…

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) was awarded a $952,353 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) on September 1, 2023. The grant funding will enable PennDOT to implement several initiatives to enhance Pennsylvania's commercial driver's licensing processes and oversight, including:

• Developing and deploying an Employer Notification System to timely notify motor carriers of changes in driver commercial driver's license (CDL) status
• Modifying PennDOT's online services to allow CDL renewal and duplicate purchases via the internet
• Upgrading PennDOT's existing CDL mobile testing application to enable real-time document/photo uploads and GPS mapping of test routes
• Implementing the use of body-worn cameras by CDL skills testing examiners to document proper exam administration

These efforts aim to ensure only qualified drivers operate commercial vehicles in interstate commerce across Pennsylvania in alignment with the CDLPI grant program's objectives of maintaining the "One Driver, One License, One Record" standard.

The purpose of this award to the pennsylvania department of transportation (penndot) safety administration to implement a employer notification system(ENS) to timely notify motor carriers when there is a change in driver s CDL status develop and implement changes to the penndot online services to allow commercial driver s licenses to be renewed and duplicates purchased via the internet to modify the penndot existing CDL mobile testing application to allow examiners to upload documents and photo s real time during testing and store the GPS mapping for the test routes and implement the use of body worn camera s by skills testing examiners to document for auditing purposes the exams are administered correctly.