IRP, Inc. Report

IFTA Annual Business MeetingJuly 2010

Strategic Plan Update

1.a. Enhancing the IRP website. b. Growing the use and functionality of the Clearinghouse.

2. Identifying and providing additional training valuable to our members in a variety of formats.

Top 5 Areas

3. Partnering with Federal Agencies and related organizations and to reduce costs on projects with similar goals (i.e., FMCSA, FHWA, CVSA, IFTA, UCR, Nlets, PRISM, CVISN, etc).

4. Implementing a plan to communicate our message

Strategic Plan Update, cont.Top 5 Areas

5. Positioning IRP as the model of effective and efficient regulation and cooperation. This will include developing proposals to improve the Plan and reduce the burden on jurisdictions and industry.

Strategic Plan Update, cont.Top 5 Areas

Accomplishments Highlighted

5

Focus Areas Highlighted

6

Webinars & Training Video

• IRP 101– Also on IRP, Inc. Website (www.irponline.org)

• Fees & Distance• Basing & Residency• HVUT• Audit Opening Conferences and Pre-Audit

Planning• Clearinghouse Modernization• IRP Record Keeping Video

Compliance/Audit

• Study – How to Increase Compliance• 3% Rule – Examine the requirement of

jurisdictions to audit 3 % or their carriers annually. Is 3 % the right number?

• Re-write Audit Procedures Manual– Survey of Jurisdictions

Full Reciprocity

• Addresses Issues with Estimated Distance in the Plan

• Change to full operation concept• All jurisdictions listed on cab card• First year cost based on jurisdictions distance

chart• Each year after based on actual operations• Determining Estimated Financial Impact on

Jurisdictions

Clearinghouse Modernization

54 jurisdictions participating– 3 more jurisdictions working to join by

the end of 2010• Modernization to .NET• Work progressing on schedule

IRP Promotes PRISM

• PRISM– Work to bring all states to full

implementation of PRISM– Promote use of the PRISM target file by all

law enforcement– Reach out to non-commercial law

enforcement to check target file through NLETS

PRISM

CMV Highway Safety Award

• IRP, Inc., in cooperation with AAMVA and FMCSA, is administering the 2010 Commercial Vehicle Safety Award, which recognizes significant contributions to improving highway safety involving commercial vehicles and their drivers. Nominations for this award may be made on behalf of a state, agency or individual.

CMV Highway Safety Award

• Nominees may be a state agency, CDL tester, law enforcement officer or other motor vehicle administration personnel. Additionally, nominations are encouraged for personnel who have helped improve data collection that allows for more accurate monitoring of unqualified drivers, equipment, or motor carriers.

• The 2010 award winner will be recognized at the 2010 AAMVA International Conference. For additional information or to obtain nomination forms for the award, visit the AAMVA website or contact Tim Adams or by phone at (502) 845-0398.

IRP Partners with FMCSA

IRP, Inc. is a member of the FMCSA CMV Safety Belt Partnership.

The Partnership works to educate and encourage CMV drivers to buckle up when driving their trucks.

IRP Supports FMCSA Goals

• Removing Chameleon Carriers– Effort to identify issues with carriers recreating

themselves under different names and different US DOT numbers to avoid sanctions for safety or financial violations such as audit assessments

– Identify best practices to deal remove these carriers

Upcoming Events

• IRP Board of Directors Meeting– September 30 – Oct 2, 2010 – Grapevine, TX

• IFTA/IRP Audit Workshop– February 8 – 10, 2011 – Orlando, FL

• IRP, Inc. Annual Meeting– May 5 – 8, 2011 – Pittsburgh, PA