GAO issues report critical of DOD’s reliance on CSA Scores for carrier selection

GAO has recently issued the results of its study of the Department of Defense's transportation of hazardous materials which found a number of problems. Of particular interest is language in the report which calls into question DOD's use of carrier's CSA scores to determine whether the carrier is eligible to haul transportation protective service freight. Clearly GAO has connected the dots and bases its finding that CSA scores should not be used by government shippers based upon its recent conclusion that CSA scores should not be used to draw conclusions about a carrier's safety condition. Click here for the full report.

ASECTT Update

Dear ASECTT Member:

ASECTT has joined ATA and others in calling for Administrator Ferro to voluntarily remove publication of SMS Methodology from the web. See Tom Sanderson's letter.

The Inspector General report on SMS Methodology was issued on March 7, 2014. See Fleet Owner Article "DOT IG faults CSA data quality, interventions" by Avery Vice, and the CCJ Article "DOT Inspector General audit points out more shortcomings in CSA" by Kevin Jones. The IG did not consider the effectiveness of the SMS Methodology, but noted that only 10 states had fully implemented SMS interventions and that needed software would not be available until May of 2015. See document on the IG Report.