Safety Data Improvement Program (20.234)
Program
20.234 Safety Data Improvement Program
Federal Agency
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Authorization
49 U.S.C. 31102.
Program Number
20.234
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
The objectives are to fund State programs to improve the overall data quality in the collection and analysis of truck and bus crash and inspection data.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants (Discretionary).
Uses and Use Restrictions
The uses of the funding examples of activities include: hire staff to manage data quality improvement programs, revise outdated crash report forms, hire staff to code and enter safety data, train law enforcement officers in collecting crash data, develop software to transfer data from the State repository SAFETYNET and purchase software for field data collection and data transfer.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
State Any agency of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. The State must clearly articulate a goal that is related to State safety data, identify objectives that are time-limited, specific, action-oriented, measurable and achievable, clearly define performance measures for monitoring improvement in the quality of State-reported safety data.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Federal, State and local entities are the beneficiary.
Credentials/Documentation
None .
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.12372.
Application Procedure
Application Package Submittal Checklist, Division Approval Letter, completed and signed Standard Form 424 (Application for Federal Assistance), Project Detail Worksheet, Standard Form 424B, (Application for notification of the grant program is available at http://www.grants.gov).
Award Procedure
The panel will select the final award recipients base on the overall application scores, the potential for improvement of national collection and/or reporting of State safety data, and the total funding available.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters(or regional office, as appropriate) for application deadlines.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
Will be considered upon demonstration that the proposal meets SaDIP program criteria and measures.
Renewals
Renewals or requests for extension can be made through the FMCSA State Division Offices or HQ program office.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
The recipient may request monthly reimbursements of costs incurred in the performance hereof as are allowable under the applicable cost provisions under 49 CFR Part 18. The cost sharing is 20% State Contribution 80% Federal Contribution.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
The length of time will be annual or life of the grant program.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
The recipient shall submit quarterly reports on the 15th of the month following the end of the quarter being reported.
Audits
The recipient is responsible for ensuring that independent audits are conducted in accordance with the existing Federal auditing and reporting standards set forth in OMB Circular A-133. The audit report must be submitted to the FMCSA to support the indirect cost proposal.
Records
The recipient shall make available to FMCSA copies of all work developed in performance with this grant, including but not limited to software and data. The FMCSA shall have the rights pursuant to 49 CFR Part 18.34.
Program Accomplishments
Improve data quality for commercial motor vehicle crashes and inspections.
Financial Information
Account Identification
69-8055-0-7-401.
Obligations
FY 05 not reported; FY 06 $1,000,000; and FY 07 est $2,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Range - $5,000 -2,000,000.00. Average amount of award $250,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration grant program will be done under the Safe Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU). The funding is codified in 49 U.S.C. 31104(i) (the Section 4128 Program).
Related Programs
None.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Division Office (refer to FMCSA Website Contact Information at www.fmcsa.dot.gov).
Headquarters Office
Rhonda Scott, Office of Research and Analysis, Analysis Division (MC-RRA), FMCSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 8214, Washington, D.C. 20590; phone: 202-366-4134 .
Web Site Address
Examples of Funded Projects
The uses of the funding examples of activities include: hire staff to manage data quality improvement programs, revise outdated crash report forms, hire staff to code and enter safety data, train law enforcement officers in collecting crash data, develop software to transfer data from the State repository SAFETYNET and purchase software for field data collection and data transfer.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
The criteria for selecting proposals are goals and objectives, feasibility and effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
