SBTC Tweets it has Filed Complaint with USDOT Inspector General
SBTC Files Complaint with USDOT Inspector General Asking for Investigation into UCR Board's New Online Payment Platform that is Blocking American Carriers' UCR Payments
Calvin L. Scovel III. Inspector General
Summary: On February 23, 2019, SBTC Filed a Complaint with the USDOT Office of the Inspector General after releasing to FMCSA SBTC's findings that the UCR Payment platform is corrupt and is not properly pulling data from USDOT systems in reference to carriers' last four of tax id numbers being used as passwords to make UCR payment, causing an estimated tens of thousands of carriers not to be able to file their UCR. SBTC also points to archaic manual and electronic data collection methods by USDOT that have resulted in data being "transposed." SBTC suggests security professional industry protocol requires a two step verification process when passwords are set. Echoing its call for UCR Board members to be removed and replaced due to more than a decade of Sunshine Act violations, SBTC has called on Secretary Chao to step in and direct the removal of the last four tax ID number requirement that is blocking carrier payments before the April 1st enforcement date. SBTC also suggests a class action suit may follow if carriers are ticketed after having made good faith efforts to file their UCR but were blocked by the payment system. SBTC's email on which the Secretary of Transportation was copied follows...
