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Logbook FMCSA takes steps to resolve CSA, PSP data problems Screening Program initiatives. The agency said changes to its data collection system will enable it to better account for legal processes that take place after a citation is issued for a Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled changes intended to shore up some of the data quality issues facing its Compliance, Safety, Accountability and Pre-employment roadside inspection violation. FMCSA announced the changes Dec. 2 via the Federal Register. It said there's been no real way for it to receive updated information on "subsequent adjudication" that occurs with roadside inspection citations after they've been uploaded. The agency said the changes to its Motor Carrier Management Information System will allow it to remove violations from a carrier's or driver's CSA score and PSP report if the violation was dismissed or resulted in a "not guilty" ruling. If adjudication results in conviction of a different or lesser charge, FMCSA will retain and update the violation and change the severity weight in the carrier's CSA Safety Measurement System, as necessary. If the carrier is convicted of the original charge, both the CSA and PSP records will retain the violation. The changes in data collection include challenges made in FMCSA's DataQs system, which allows drivers and carriers to dispute citations from roadside inspections. DataQs challenges are forwarded to the state or local agency that issued the citation. FMCSA said its state and local partners will update their processes to ensure later adjudication of roadside inspection violations make it back to the agency. – James Jaillet MANITOULIN TRANSPORT agreed to buy the remaining Canadian assets of Toronto-based Vitran Corp. for $128 million. 18 | Overdrive | January 2014 Logbook_0114.indd 18 12/20/13 11:54 AM