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AAMVA Receives Two TRENDY Awards

03/20/2023

On Friday, March 17, AAMVA attended the 2023 Salute to Association Excellence and received two TRENDY Awards, presented by Association TRENDS. The Drowsy Driving episode of AAMVA’s podcast, AAMVAcast, won a Silver Award for Best Podcast, and MOVE Magazine was honored with a Silver Award for best Annual or Quarterly Magazine or Journal. Ian Grossman, AAMVA's VP of Member Services and Public Affairs; Noemi Arthur, AAMVA's Director of Membership, Marketing & Communications; and Claire Jeffrey, AAMVA's Communications and Multimedia Manager, were on hand to receive the awards. Celebrating its 43rd anniversary, this annual awards show honors the brightest stars of the association community and their commitment to excellence. Honorees include Association Executive of the Year, Association Partner of the Year, Young & Aspiring Association Professionals, Leading Association Lobbyists and TRENDY Awards Contest Winners.

National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Law Enforcement Access Tool: Canadian Information Now Available

03/13/2023

This week, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Vehicle Theft File included data provided by the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). This change results in Canadian stolen vehicle information now being available in the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) Law Enforcement Access Tool (LEAT). The lack of such data was previously identified by the NMVTIS Law Enforcement Subcommittee and presented to the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a necessary change for investigators working near the U.S. and Canadian border. Because of the subcommittee, and with the assistance of DOJ, this enhancement was facilitated by the FBI and CPIC and represents a significant improvement to the LEAT. Click here for more information about NMVTIS for law enforcement.

Welcome Associate Members!

03/13/2023

AAMVA is pleased to welcome the following organizations to our Associate Membership program. Follow the links below to learn more about each organization. 

• J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. – Since we began as a family-owned company in 1953, our purpose at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. has been to protect people and the businesses they run. They trust in our comprehensive portfolio of solutions – including ELogs, dash cams and mobile technology; driver training via online courses, streaming video or DVD; cloud-based management tools; managed services; consulting services; online and print publications; forms, PPE and safety supplies. Learn more at jjkeller.com/home.
• Rapid Title Inc. – Rapid Title focuses on modernizing the titling process by driving e-titling. Rapid Title is developing a comprehensive e-titling software platform. Learn more at rapidtitle.io.
• Bumper, LLC. – We at Bumper seek to make public information more accessible to the everyday consumer through our motor vehicle history reports. Our objective is to provide car buyers, sellers, and owners with the necessary information to make informed decisions when transacting a car. Bumper provides vehicle history reports to consumers and helps them avoid buying a vehicle that may have been stolen or salvaged and rebuilt. Learn more at bumper.com.

Utah Joins State-to-State Verification Service Driver History Record

03/13/2023

AAMVA congratulates Utah on successfully implementing AAMVA’s State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service Driver History Record (DHR) on March 12, 2023, and becoming the 9th participant using the new service. All migration activities have completed on schedule. CDLIS and S2S services are fully operational now. AAMVA would also like to thank Wisconsin who assisted with Utah’s migration. Utah will henceforth be able to use S2S DHR to perform its Driver History maintenance related functions. This supports the goal of limiting any person to only one driver’s license and one driver history. Read more here.

On the Road with the Chair in San Antonio

03/13/2023

Visit movemag.org for our latest online exclusive content—On the Road with the Chair. AAMVA’s Chair of the Board spends a lot of their time on the road, attending meetings and conferences and visiting with AAMVA members. Our Chair, Kristina Boardman, will be documenting her visits throughout the year in a travel log on movemag.org. She sent this update from San Antonio, Texas, while she was in town for the 2023 Workshop and Law Institute. Visit the MOVE Magazine digital site for more!

AAMVA's Combined Standing Committees Meet, Videos Updated

03/13/2023

AAMVA’s three standing committees—Driver, Law Enforcement, and Vehicle—met last week ahead of the Workshop & Law Institute and gave video updates at the Workshop Opening Session, detailing their accomplishments over the past year. Video updates for all three standing committees are available here.

Workshop & Law Institute Wraps Up in San Antonio

03/13/2023

AAMVA hosted the Workshop & Law Institute last week, March 8-9, in San Antonio, Texas. It was a great opportunity to reconnect in person to learn and share with one another. View photos of the event by visiting our Flickr page, and check out the wrap-up video on our YouTube channel. Presentations are available for download on the past presentations page of the AAMVA website (only for AAMVA members). Thank you to all of our sponsors who made this event possible. We look forward to seeing you at next year's Workshop in Oklahoma City, OK! 

Now Available: Regulation of Specific-Use License Plates Best Practices

03/06/2023

Regulation of Specific-Use License Plates Best Practices is now available. AAMVA established the Specific-Use License Plate Working Group to develop best practices in managing and administering a specific-use license plate program. Jurisdiction members with experience and expertise in managing license plate programs were selected to research and compile pertinent information. The result is this Best Practice containing more than 70 recommendations intended to equip jurisdictions with information related to program development and enhancement, education, compliance, and administration. Information for law enforcement and prosecutors is also included to aid in their interaction with specific-use license plates. Get the document here. 

CDL Examiner Update Classes Held

03/06/2023

Representatives from two dozen states and the U.S. Air Force gathered in Corpus Christi, Texas, to participate in two classes to prepare trainers to train examiners in their jurisdictions to offer the new, modernized CDL vehicle inspection (VI) and Basic Control Skills (BCS) portions of the test. Attendees had classroom training and hands on testing led by AAMVA and Highway Safety Services staff along with jurisdiction members of the Test Maintenance Subcommittee from four states. Every state that expressed interest in offering the modernized test in 2023 was offered a spot in one of the classes. Jurisdictions can continue offering the current version, move to the modernized version or offer both.  

Now Available: CDL Driver History Best Practices Guide

03/06/2023

The CDL Driver History Record Best Practices Guide is now available. The document was created by AAMVA's Commercial Driver License Driver History Record Working Group, a group of professionals from a variety of disciplines, including AAMVA jurisdictional members. Group members, from the courts, law enforcement, safety stakeholders, and state driver license authorities (SDLAs), came together to offer different perspectives on the same issue, improving commercial vehicle operation safety through improved commercial driver license (CDL) oversight. The group produced this best practices document to serve as a guide to assist jurisdictions in maintaining updated and complete CDL holder Driver History Records (DHRs) as well as in knowing how to access and interpret these records. This document is intended to provide recommendations that jurisdictions may choose to implement in an effort to support the overall accuracy and timeliness of CDL-related conviction reporting, both through internal operations and cooperation with external stakeholders, including law enforcement and the courts. The guidelines also address access to CDL DHRs by these stakeholders, who often rely on the information contained in the records. Among the many best practices outlined in the document, there are key recommendations for law enforcement, judicial partners, and licensing agencies. Get the document here. 

AAMVA Visits Michigan

02/27/2023

Julie Knittle, AAMVA’s Director of Member Support for Regions 3 & 4, Paul Steier, AAMVA’s Director of Vehicle Programs, Patrick Fernan, AAMVA’s Director of Driver Programs, and Mindy Stephens, AAMVA’s Manager of Identity Management, visited members from the Michigan Department of State (MDOS). AAMVA highlighted programs and resources available to MDOS and discussions covered topics including automated vehicles, e-titling, mobile drivers licenses, customer service, contact centers, road safety issues and upcoming events.

AAMVA Visits South Carolina

02/21/2023

Patrice Aasmo, AAMVA’s Director, Member Support for Regions 1 & 2, Tom Foster, AAMVA’s Law Enforcement Program Manager, and Marcy Coleman, AAMVA’s Manager of Vehicle Programs, visited members from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Department of Public Safety (DPS) last week in Columbia, South Carolina. AAMVA highlighted programs and resources available to the DPS and DMV, and discussions covered topics ranging from e-titling, automated vehicles, mobile driver licenses, customer service, road safety issues, and upcoming events.