A Department of Transportation component slammed the brakes following semi-furious opposition to its proposal for “on demand” law enforcement surveillance of commercial vehicles a year and a half ago.
It took another six months to turn over the records after a FOIA lawsuit to compel their release, a day before they were due in court Thursday, with no indication yet from FMCSA when it would release a final rule.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had internal conversations about those public comments over several months, including via personal email, at the same time it was stalling a Freedom of Information Act request for its communications about the “constitutional implications” of the electronic-tracking advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM).
What can the public learn from the nearly 500 pages ? Almost nothing.FMCSA blanked out all but 30 pages under the FOIA exemption for “deliberative process privilege,” a redaction notation that appears more than […]
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