FMCSA launched the Expanded CVISN deployment initiative as follow-on to the Core CVISN program in 2005. The goals of Expanded CVISN are to enhance the safety, security, and productivity of commercial vehicle operations and to improve access to and quality of information about commercial drivers, carriers, vehicles, chassis, cargo, inspections, crashes, compliance reviews, and citations for authorized public and private sector users.

The objective of this project is to work with eligible states and motor carrier industry stakeholders to implement expanded CVISN capabilities in the driver information sharing program area. FMCSA will provide states assistance and technical support for the sharing of commercial driver data, and to examine how commercial driver information can be integrated to improve the accuracy, integrity, and verifiability of motor carrier, commercial driver, and cargo data. The driver area is likely to have a large impact on safety, given that high-risk drivers are involved in a disproportionate number of crashes. FMCSAs investment in this area will improve the sharing of commercial driver information across Federal and state jurisdictions, as well as the motor carrier industry.