The Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-first Century ("TEA-21") of 1998 included a mandate for AAMVA to conduct a technology assessment for a national integrated driver license information system and provide a report to Congress.
The system, known as DRIVerS, is intended to combine the functions of the Commercial Driver License Information System (CDLIS), the Problem Driver Pointer System (PDPS) and Driver License Reciprocity System (DLR). It is anticipated that DRIVerS will be a distributed database system with a central pointer file like CDLIS and encompass more than 200 million records.
Technology Assessment
AAMVA conducted the DRIVerS technology assessment in two phases:
- Assessment of Current Technology
- Assessment of Alternative Technologies
Phase I estimated the performance of DRIVerS based on existing CDLIS programs and architecture. It concluded that CDLIS efficiently processes commercial driver license information requests 3 times faster than its service level objective and that there are no technical reasons preventing CDLIS from being the basis for DRIVerS. The Phase I technology assessment report was included in NHTSA's official Report to Congress, in July, 2001.
Phase II studied alternative technologies to the current CDLIS-based approach, evaluated criteria to uniquely identify a driver within a 200-million-driver population, and explored identity privacy protection mechanisms. It concluded that current alternative technologies can meet DRIVerS’ needs, a composite identifier consisting of common personal information could be the unique identifier, and current proof of identity documents provide sufficient information privacy. The Phase II technology assessment report was prepared as a supplement to the NHTSA Report to Congress, in July 2003.
For systems information, contact Lisa Parman, Director, Systems Analysis.
For policy/legislative information, contact Ian Grossman, Senior Director, Government Affairs.