The Fraud Emergency Warning System (FEWS) will be placed in "hibernation" effective October 1, 2012. FEWS is an information-sharing application serving the Drivers License and Law Enforcement communities to help jurisdictions coordinate the notice of potentially fraudulent documents or stolen licensing documents and equipment. FEWS was developed with funding from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and went live in October 2005, and though it is an AAMVA system, FEWS' ongoing operation has been funded by FMCSA in hopes of encouraging more participation. Because expected participation and usage was never realized, FMCSA and AAMVA have jointly decided to discontinue FEWS and funding will expire on September 30, 2012.
Although FEWS will be unavailable to users as of September 30, 2012, we use the term hibernation because the basic system will remain intact on the AAMVA mainframe and can be resurrected at a later date if desired. Questions regarding this action from law enforcement personnel should be directed to Brian Ursino, AAMVA, Director of Law Enforcement. Questions from Motor Vehicle Administration personnel should be directed to Greg Sensiba, AAMVA, Senior Systems Analyst.