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About Program Effectiveness
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The objective of the FMCSA's Program Effectiveness research is to measure the effectiveness
of the FMCSA Safety Programs. The Compliance Review Effectiveness Model and the
Intervention Model provide estimates of the beneficial impact of these programs
on reducing crashes resulting in lives saved and injuries avoided. The Resource
Allocation model utilizes the results of these two models to analyze the allocation
of state resources.
In addition, the Program Effectiveness research gives FMCSA a means to measure the
impact of their safety programs on reducing crashes. It also is required as part
of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, which obligates federal
agencies to measure the results of their programs as part of the budget cycle process.
Also, the research is required in conjunction with the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART).
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Program Effectiveness Models
Compliance Review Effectiveness Model
Estimates the beneficial impact of performing compliance reviews (CRs) by determining
the reduction in the number of crashes and the resulting number of lives saved and
injuries avoided.
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Fiscal Year 2008 CREM Report |
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Fiscal Year 2007 CREM Report |
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Resource Allocation Overview
Resource Allocation, a prototypical resource analysis for FMCSA’s
state-level CMV safety program is conducted, with Massachusetts as the prototype
state. Using Volpe’s program effectiveness models and FMCSA cost data, a cost/benefit
analysis of the state’s safety program is conducted under two scenarios: (1) assuming
total resources are fixed, and (2) assuming additional funds are available. The
results show that even modest changes to the existing safety program would result
in significant improvements.
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