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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was established as a separate administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on January 1, 2000, pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. FMCSA is headquartered in Washington, DC and employs more than 1,000 people in all 50 States and the District of Columbia, all assigned to improving the safety of commercial motor vehicles (CMV).

The primary mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to reduce crashes, injuries, fatalities, and property loss involving large trucks and buses by regulating the workers involved.

In carrying out its safety mandate to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities, FMCSA:

• Develops and enforces data-driven regulations that balance motor carrier (truck and bus companies) safety with industry efficiency;

• Harnesses safety information systems to focus on higher risk carriers in enforcing the safety regulations;

• Issues Motor Carrier Number to "For Hire Interstate Motor Carriers" who transport passengers, property and hazardous materials , this is often referred to as Motor Carrier Authority or Operating Authority;

• Targets educational messages to carriers, commercial drivers, and the public; and

• Partners with stakeholders including Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies, the motor carrier industry, safety groups, and organized labor on efforts to reduce bus and truck-related crashes.

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