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Feb 19, 2025

Washington Joins State-to-State Verification Service Driver History Record

AAMVA congratulates Washington on successfully implementing AAMVA's State-to-State Verification Service (S2S) Driver History Record (DHR) on February 16, 2025. All migration activities have...

Feb 19, 2025

More AAMVA IT Courses Available on the LMS

We are pleased to inform you that AAMVA has released a new training course for CDLIS Reports: CD90.10.1 DACH Transaction Report (advanced). For a comprehensive list of all systems training and...

2025 Winter Board Meeting

Feb 11, 2025

AAMVA Board of Directors Holds Annual Winter Meeting

The AAMVA Board of Directors held their annual winter meeting last week in Arlington, VA. The Board received operational updates on key initiatives including member support, financial management...

AAMVA Visits Alberta

Feb 11, 2025

AAMVA Visits Alberta

Ian Grossman, AAMVA's President & CEO and Julie Knittle, AAMVA's Director of Member Support for Regions 3 and 4, recently visited Alberta to celebrate the retirement of Firoz Mohamed who retired...

AAMVA Presenting Before Secretaries of State

Feb 11, 2025

AAMVA Presents Before Secretaries of State

AAMVA's Vice President of Government Affairs, Cian Cashin, presented on issues of collaboration between state agencies responsible for the administration of motor vehicle and public safety records...

AAMVA staff training at the Dover DMV

Feb 11, 2025

Delaware DMV Gets Ready for the Modernized CDL Testing System

AAMVA commercial driver license (CDL) training staff provided 3-days of on-site training at the Dover, Delaware DMV. Training consisted of virtual sessions, in-person training and outdoor range...

S2S DHR

Feb 11, 2025

Washington To Join State-to-State Driver History Record

Washington will begin using AAMVA’s State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service Driver History Record (DHR) functionality on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Tasks related to onboarding WA will be...

Multi-Stage Vehicle Working Group, January 2025

Feb 03, 2025

Multi-Stage Vehicle Working Group Meets in Arlington

Members of the Multi-Stage Vehicle Working Group met from January 28-29, at AAMVA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The group spent time developing content for a best practice document regarding...

AAMVA at SAE Meeting

Feb 03, 2025

AAMVA Attends SAE Government/Industry Meeting

Paul Steier, AAMVA’s Director of Vehicle Programs, participated in a panel discussion during the SAE Government/Industry Meeting in Washington, DC, on January 30. The session focused on policy gaps...

CMV

Feb 03, 2025

Driver Testing and Examiner Training Subcommittee To Host CDL Train-the-Trainer Course in Tulsa

AAMVA’s Driver Testing and Examiner Training (DTET) Subcommittee has scheduled a Commercial Driver License (CDL) Train-the-Trainer (Instructor Development) Course for April 14-18, 2025, in Tulsa...

AAMVA Awards

Feb 03, 2025

Congratulations to the 2024 IDEC Examiners of the Year

AAMVA is pleased to announce the 2024 IDEC Examiners of the Year recipients have been posted to the AAMVA website. The examiners were selected by their jurisdiction for their excellence in adhering...

PDPS REST System Specification, V1.0

Feb 03, 2025

Now Available: PDPS REST System Specification V1.0

The Problem Driver Pointer System (PDPS) REST System Specification document, Version 1.0, is now available on the AAMVA website. The PDPS REST solution has been developed in such a way that there...

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Feb 03, 2025

Welcome Associate Members

AAMVA is pleased to welcome the following organizations to our Associate Membership program. Follow the links below to learn more about each organization. InfoPay - InfoPay's proprietary...

Audience at AAMVA Pop Up Classroom

Jan 27, 2025

Fraud Pop-Up Classroom Registration Open

Registration is now open for the 2025 Fraud Pop-Up Classroom, April 2-3, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This unique event provides AAMVA members with an intimate and collaborative environment to...

Reciprocity Map

Jan 27, 2025

Now Available: Driver License Foreign Reciprocity Agreements Data Map

AAMVA is pleased to announce an interactive map of driver license foreign reciprocity agreements is now available. The map illustrates which jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada...

AAMVA at NADA Show

Jan 27, 2025

AAMVA Attends NADA Show

Paul Steier, AAMVA’s Director of Vehicle Programs and Services (pictured), and Philip Quinlan, AAMVA’s Vice President of Business Development, attended the 2025 National Automobile Dealers...

AVA Digital Award

Jan 21, 2025

AAMVA Wins AVA Digital Awards

AAMVA received several AVA Digital Awards! MOVEmag.org and AAMVA’s Mobile Driver License and the Digital Trust Service Video earned Platinum awards for best e-magazine and best short form non...

AAMVA at TRB Annual Meeting

Jan 21, 2025

AAMVA Participates in Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Paul Steier, AAMVA's Director of Vehicle Programs and Services, attended the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting from January 6-8 in Washington, DC. Paul participated on a panel to...

Marcy Coleman

Jan 14, 2025

AAMVA’s Marcy Coleman Appointed to USDOT Federal System Finance Alternative Advisory Board

Marcy Coleman, AAMVA’s Vehicle Program Manager, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal System Funding Alternative (FSFA) Advisory Board. This advisory board will have...

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Jan 14, 2025

Grant Submission Reminder

As a reminder, the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FMCSA’s FY25 Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grants and Cooperative Agreements is active. All grant...

NDR Subcommittee Meets in Miami

Jan 14, 2025

AAMVA's NDR Subcommittee Meets in Miami

The National Driver Register Subcommittee met last week, January 8-9, 2025, in Miami, FL. During the meeting, the group discussed topics including ignition interlock, the Non-Resident Violator...

FDR

Jan 06, 2025

2025 Updated Fraud Detection and Remediation E-Learning Program Now Available

Fraud Detection & Remediation (FDR) Training is our most widely accessed voluntary program. The updated courseware package (January 2025 version) is now available to member jurisdictions. Updates: ...

Cyber Digital Fraud Whitepaper Cover

Jan 06, 2025

Now Available: Preventing, Detecting, and Investigating Cyber-Digital Fraud Whitepaper

Motor vehicle administrations (MVAs) across North America are adapting to the digital age, responding to citizen demands for convenient access to government services. This evolution toward...

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Dec 23, 2024

Now Available: Mobile Driver's License (mDL) Implementation Guidelines, Version 1.4

The AAMVA Joint Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) Working Group (WG) has been active around mobile identification since 2012. As the mDL evolves, the mDL WG continues to identify and address topics on...

S2S DHR

Dec 23, 2024

Washington To Join State-to-State Verification Service Driver History Record

Washington will begin using AAMVA’s State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service Driver History Record (DHR) functionality on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Tasks related to onboarding WA will be...

Georgia Joins AAMVA DTS

Dec 23, 2024

AAMVA Welcomes Georgia to the Digital Trust Service

On Thursday, December 19, AAMVA’s Vice President of Identity Management Programs and Services, Mike McCaskill, and Identity Management team member Tim Roufa visited the Georgia Department of Driver...

Felony Convictions and CDL WP Cover

Dec 23, 2024

Now Available: Felony Convictions and CDL Sanctions Whitepaper

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) promulgates Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) published in the Code of Federal Regulations, which are then adopted by each of...

AAMVA Awards Video

Dec 16, 2024

AAMVA 2024 Creative Awards

AAMVA took home several awards this year for MOVE Magazine, AAMVAcast, and more! Watch the video below to see all of the creative awards AAMVA won in 2024.

2024 Region 2 Admin Roundtable

Dec 16, 2024

Region 2 Chief Administrators & Law Enforcement Officials Meet in Tampa

The Region 2 Board of Directors met on December 11, 2024, in Tampa, Florida. Region 2 President, Chief Jeffrey Dixon with the Florida Highway Patrol, hosted the Motor Vehicle Administrators & Law...

AAMVA at Biometrics for Govt and LE Summit

Dec 16, 2024

AAMVA Attends 2024 Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement Summit

On December 11, 2024, Ryan Williams, Program Specialist with AAMVA’s Identity Management team, joined Chrissy Nizer, Administrator of the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle...

AAMVA at IRF Regional Leadership Seminar

Dec 16, 2024

AAMVA Attends IRF Regional Leadership Seminar

On December 10, 2024, AAMVA’s Vehicle Program Manager, Marcy Coleman, was invited to participate in the International Road Federation’s (IRF's) Regional Leadership Seminar on the topic of Road...

Colorado Joins AAMVA DTS

Dec 16, 2024

Colorado Joins AAMVA's Digital Trust Service

On Monday, December 9, 2024, AAMVA Identity Management Programs and Services team members Lori Daigle and Tim Roufa visited the Colorado Department of Revenue to receive the state’s public key for...

S2S

Dec 16, 2024

Maine Joins State-to-State Verification Service and Driver History Record

AAMVA congratulates Maine on successfully implementing AAMVA's State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service, including Driver History Record (DHR) functionality, during the weekend of December 14...

Region 4 Chief Administrators Meeting

Dec 09, 2024

Region 4 Chief Administrators & Law Enforcement Officials Meet in Anaheim

The Region 4 Board of Directors met December 2, 2024, in Anaheim, California. Major Brant Benham, with the Arizona Highway Patrol, joined the Region 4 Board of Directors as the Law Enforcement...

Electronic Vehicle

Dec 09, 2024

New Electronic Vehicle Titling Pages and Toolkit on Website

Electronic Titling and Vehicle Records Management is AAMVA’s initiative to transform the motor vehicle industry from paper titles to electronic data management including electronic proof of vehicle...

Viddy Awards

Dec 09, 2024

AAMVA Wins 2024 Viddy Awards

AAMVA received two Viddy Awards this year! Our Mobile Driver License and the Digital Trust Service Video earned a gold award for best non-profit long form video, and our 2024 AIC motion graphics...

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Dec 09, 2024

Maine To Join State-to-State Verification Service and Driver History Record

Maine will begin using State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service and S2S Driver History Record (DHR) functionality on Monday, December 16, 2024. Tasks related to onboarding Maine will be conducted...

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Dec 02, 2024

2025 AAMVA Events – Save the Date

Each year we hold six conferences to bring together members and stakeholders to learn and engage in large and small settings and keep abreast of the latest issues and trends in the motor vehicle...

S2S User Group Meeting 2024

Nov 25, 2024

State-to-State User Group Meets in Orlando

The 2024 State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service User Group meeting was held last week in Orlando, FL. Over 100 members representing 49 jurisdictions attended. This annual meeting allows members...

NMVTIS SPS Meeting 2024

Nov 25, 2024

NMVTIS State Program Subcommittee Meets in Arlington

From November 19-20, 2024, the NMVTIS State Program Subcommittee (SPS) met at AAMVA headquarters in Arlington, VA. During the two-day meeting, AAMVA staff updated the SPS on IT’s continuous...

Joint mDL Subcommittee Meeting 2024

Nov 25, 2024

Joint mDL Subcommittee Meets in Savannah

AAMVA’s Joint mDL Subcommittee met last week in Savannah, GA. The subcommittee had a productive meeting over three days discussing topics for mobile and physical credentials. The group processed...

AAMVA at NASID Conference 2024

Nov 25, 2024

AAMVA Attends NASID Conference

AAMVA is an Allied Member of the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) and was a sponsor of their 2024 conference held in Washington, DC, from November 18-20, 2024. Brian Ursino, AAMVA...

AAMVA at MBUFA Conference 2024

Nov 25, 2024

AAMVA Attends MBUFA Conference

On November 20, 2024, Marcy Coleman, AAMVA's Vehicle Program Manager, spoke on a panel at the Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance (MBUFA) conference in Washington, DC. The panel addressed data, DMVs...

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Nov 25, 2024

Nebraska is the Second Jurisdiction to Adopt the NMVTIS RESTful Solution

AAMVA is pleased to announce that Nebraska has successfully implemented the innovative NMVTIS RESTful solution, marking a significant step forward in enhancing operational efficiency and improving...