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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has advised that a scheduled outage of its online information systems will take place starting today at 9:00 p.m. EST and extend through Sunday, Nov. 20, at 8:00 p.m. EST.

The shutdown will allow the agency to transition to a cloud-based setup.

“Due to scheduled upgrades, access may be limited to some of FMCSA’s information systems starting on Thursday, November 17,” the agency stated in a public notice. “System access is anticipated to be available starting on Monday, November 21 and service will be restored as soon as possible.

FMCSA added that its safety and enforcement programs and activities "will be unaffected during this period."

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David Cullen

David Cullen

[Former] Business/Washington Contributing Editor

David Cullen comments on the positive and negative factors impacting trucking – from the latest government regulations and policy initiatives coming out of Washington DC to the array of business and societal pressures that also determine what truck-fleet managers must do to ensure their operations keep on driving ahead.

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