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Future Safety Data Needs – The Region Perspective Jo Ann Moore Highway Safety Specialist

This article discusses the importance of improving the collection, management, and reporting of highway safety data from a regional perspective. It highlights the potential funding for the years 2004-2009 and the congressional interest in oversight of state highway safety grant programs. It also mentions the GAO audit initiated in 2002 and the criticisms and report requested by Congress in 2003. The NHTSA's response to Congress and their current and new guidance on management reviews and performance plans are also discussed.

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Future Safety Data Needs – The Region Perspective Jo Ann Moore Highway Safety Specialist

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  1. Future Safety Data Needs – The Region Perspective Jo Ann Moore Highway Safety Specialist National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 30th International Traffic Records Forum July 25 – 29, 2004

  2. Discussion Topics Section 412 Legislation Oversight of State Highway Safety Grant Programs Trainings Regional Action Plans

  3. Section 412 IImprove collection, management and reporting of highway safety data  Help identify safety problems, set goals, select safety countermeasures and monitor progress  Help automate systems, link databases, purchase new hardware and software, and other improvements

  4. Section 412 Potential Funding for FY 2004-2009: SB 1072 $270 M H. R. 3550 $159 M

  5. Congressional Interest in Renewed Oversight of State Highway Safety Grant Programs

  6. GAO Audit Initiated July 2002 • In 2002, the Senate Commerce Committee requested the General Accounting Office (GAO) to study NHTSA Oversight of State Highway Safety Programs, to • Provide trend data on highway safety; • Determine how much highway safety funding was provided to States; and • Review NHTSA’s oversight of highway safety programs.

  7. GAO FindingsApril 2003 “GAO recommends that NHTSA provide more specific written guidance to its regional offices on when it is appropriate to use management reviews and improvement plans to assist states in their highway safety programs.”(GAO Report #03-474)

  8. Congressional CriticismMay 2003 “Too many lives are lost while many states, with NHTSA’s approval, use their safety grants to use bobble-head dolls, key chains and air fresheners to get the message out without any results…I support state flexibility, but trinkets don’t save lives. We must change our course if we expect to reduce the carnage on our nation’s highways.”(Senator Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala), Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and General Government, May 22, 2003)

  9. Congressional Report RequestedMay 2003 The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations requested NHTSA to • Examine agency policies on State grant programs; • Report to Congress on current policies on guidance to States on developing highway safety plans and an analysis of agency oversight responsibilities, as proposed by the House; • Provide detailed examples of State usage of Section 402 funds, including both exemplary and frivolous items; and • Develop a clear policy on management review of State highway safety plans, including when a State improvement plan should be required, as proposed by the Senate. (FY 2004 Conference Report #108-401)

  10. Accountability Language in Senate Reauthorization Bill – February, 2004 • Requires NHTSA to: • Conduct Triennial State Management Reviews • Provide data-based recommendations to each State 90 days before State Plans are due • Conduct Program Improvement Review of any State that fails to make substantial progress over a 3-year period meeting its national priority program goals, and to provide technical assistance and recommendations for goals not achieved. • Issue Uniform Program and Management Guidelines for use by Regions in conducting State Reviews. (SB 1072, Section 4112 – NHTSA Accountability)

  11. NHTSA Response to Congress May 2004 Current Guidance: • Reviewing Performance Plans and Highway Safety Plans • Reviewing Annual Report • Reviewing State Project Grant Agreements • Providing Grant and Program Management Training Programs

  12. NHTSA Response to Congress May 2004 New Guidance: • Issuing Program Priority Memorandum (Annually by January 31) • Providing State Data and Data Analysis (Annually, by March 1) • Disseminating “Best Practices” Program Development and Management Information (Ongoing) • Conducting Data Analysis and Program Evaluation Training (beginning September, 2004) • Expanding Regional Strategic Action Plans to include management/administrative performance (beginning FY 2005)

  13. NHTSA Response to CongressMay 2004 Current Oversight Activities: • Management Reviews • Program Reviews • Program Assessments and Mini-Assessments • Desk and On-Site Fiscal Reviews • State Liquidation Rates and Draw Downs • State Monitoring Practices • Sub-Grantee Proposals and Project Vouchers • Trip Briefings after State Visits

  14. NHTSA Response to CongressMay 2004 New Policy on Management Reviews and Performance Plans: • Management Reviews – in every States at least every 3 years • Special Management Reviews -- triggered by data analysis of FARS data, a State’s substandard performance, and lack of progress in achieving safety goals • Performance Enhancement Plans – developed for a State’s failure to meet performance goals or show improvement toward priority program goals over a three-year period. Developed collaboratively between the Regional Office and State.

  15. NHTSA is Working to Ensure: • Program and Management Oversight Processes are Conducted in a Consistent Manner Among All Regions • Program Oversight Procedures Remain a Collaborative Process between NHTSA and the States

  16. New Initiatives MManagement and Oversight Curriculum  Data and Evaluation Curriculum  Regional Action Plans

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