Have you noticed that NYC postal vehicles no longer display license plates? The feds have determined that certain government vehicles do not have to display them. However, in the event of an accident or hijacking, this important information may be lacking. It also leaves an opening for would be terrorists to easily duplicate one of these vehicles for their own purposes.
In a week where Governor Spitzer has declared that the undocumented should be allowed to have driver's licenses, perhaps he should focus a litte more on the motor vehicle bureau.
Posted below is the government memo and a list of vehicles affected.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20405
January 18, 2006
GSA BULLETIN FMR B-12
MOTOR VEHICLE MANAGEMENT
TO: Heads of Federal agencies
SUBJECT: Agencies with unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government License Plates and motor vehicle identification
1. What is the purpose of this bulletin? This bulletin provides the list of agencies for which GSA has granted unlimited exemptions from the display of U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification. This bulletin is updated when additional unlimited exemptions are approved or existing exemptions are rescinded or modified.
2. What is the effective date of this bulletin? This bulletin is effective May 25, 2006.
3. When does this bulletin expire? This bulletin will remain in effect until specifically superseded or cancelled.
4. What is the background? Formerly, the list of Federal agencies granted unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification because the vehicles are regularly used for the following type of activities: intelligence gathering; investigative and law enforcement activities; providing security; or in work where identifying the vehicles would be prejudicial to patients, was published in section 102-34.195 of the Federal Management Regulation.
However, for ease of updating, the list is changed to bulletin format.
5. What should I do as a result of this bulletin? Agencies that need an unlimited exemption but are not on the approved list in the attachment to this bulletin should contact the General Services Administration using the information provided in paragraph 6 of this bulletin. An agency may be required to provide a written certification of need for an unlimited exemption.
However, agencies should first analyze their needs to determine if a limited exemption is sufficient before seeking an unlimited exemption. The procedures for obtaining a limited exemption are in section 102-34.180 (May we have a limited exemption from displaying U.S. Government license plates and other motor vehicle identification?) in the Federal Management Regulation.
No additional actions are required by a Federal agency unless there is an error in the license plate code or the agency name. If you find errors in the list of license plate codes, please contact the General Services Administration using the contact information provided in paragraph 6 of this bulletin. However, agencies that need to obtain U.S. Government license plates should follow the procedures in section 102-34.140 (Where may we obtain U.S. Government license plates?) in the Federal Management Regulation.
6. Who should we contact for further information or to request that the agency or activities of the agency be granted an unlimited exemption from displaying U.S. Government License Plates and motor vehicle identification?
General Services Administration
Office of Governmentwide Policy
Office of Travel, Transportation, and Asset Management (MT)
Washington, DC 20405
Telephone Number: 202-501-1777
E-mail Address: vehicle.policy@gsa.gov
John G. Sindelar
Acting Associate Administrator
Office of Governmentwide Policy
ATTACHMENT TO BULLETIN FMR B-12
The following Federal agencies, or activities within agencies, have been granted unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification.
Name of Federal Entity
Types of Vehicles covered by the exemption
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
All motor vehicles used by United States probation offices and pretrial services agencies of the judicial branch of the U.S. Government.
Department of Agriculture
Motor vehicles used for investigative or law enforcement activities by the Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration, Packers and Stockyard Program, Food and Consumers Service, and Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Commerce
Motor vehicles used for surveillance and other law enforcement activities by the Office of Export Enforcement, International Trade Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Department of Defense
Motor vehicles used for intelligence, investigative, or security activities by the U.S. Army Intelligence Agency and the Criminal Investigation Command of the Department of the Army; Office of Naval Intelligence of the Department of the Navy; Office of Special Investigations of the Department of the Air Force; the Defense Criminal Investigation Service, Office of the Inspector General; and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Department of Education
Motor vehicles used for investigative and law enforcement activities by the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Energy
Motor vehicles used for investigative or security activities.
Environmental Protection Agency
Motor vehicles used for investigative and law enforcement activities by the Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
Federal Communications Commission
Motor vehicles used for investigative activities by the Field Operations Bureau.
General Services Administration
Motor vehicles used for investigative, surveillance, and security activities by special agents of the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Health and Human Services
Motor vehicles used for undercover law enforcement and similar investigative work by the Food and Drug Administration; motor vehicles used to transport mentally disturbed children by the National Institutes of Health; and motor vehicles used for law enforcement and investigative purposes by the Office of Investigations and the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Homeland Security
Motor vehicles used for investigative or security activities.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Motor vehicles used for law enforcement or investigative purposes by the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Interior
Motor vehicles used to enforce game laws by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; motor vehicles assigned to special agents of the Bureau of Land Management who investigate crimes against public lands; motor vehicles assigned to special officers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; motor vehicles used for investigating crimes against public lands by the National Park Service and assigned to the U.S. Park Police; and motor vehicles assigned to the special agents of the Office of the Inspector General who investigate possible crimes of fraud and abuse by departmental employees, contractors, and grantees.
Department of Justice
All motor vehicles used for undercover law enforcement activities or investigative work by the Department.
Department of Labor
All motor vehicles used for investigative, law enforcement and compliance activities by the Employment and Training Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Employment Standards Administration, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Motor vehicles used for investigative or law enforcement activities.
National Labor Relations Board
Motor vehicles used for investigative activities by field offices.
National Security Council
Motor vehicles used by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Motor vehicles used for the conduct of security operations or in the enforcement of security regulations.
Office of Personnel Management
Motor vehicles used for the investigative program of the Office of Personnel Investigations and regional investigation activities.
United States Postal Service
Motor vehicles that the Postal Inspection Service uses for investigative and law enforcement activities.
Department of State
Motor vehicles used for protecting domestic and foreign dignitaries and investigating passport and visa fraud
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles used for intelligence, investigative, or security activities by the Office of the Inspector General, the OST Office of Security, the Investigations and Security Division and field counterparts in the U.S. Coast Guard, the Office of Civil Aviation Security and field counterparts in the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Idaho Division Office of Motor Carriers in the Federal Highway Administration.
Department of the Treasury
Motor vehicles used by the U.S. Secret Service; the Criminal Investigation Division and the Internal Security Division of the Internal Revenue Service; motor vehicles used for investigative activities by the Collection Division of the Internal Revenue Service; motor vehicles used by the Office of Enforcement and the Office of Inspection at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and motor vehicles used by the Office of Enforcement, Office of Compliance Operations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Motor vehicles used for investigative activities by the Office of the Inspector General and regional Field Examiners and Property Management Inspectors.
In a week where Governor Spitzer has declared that the undocumented should be allowed to have driver's licenses, perhaps he should focus a litte more on the motor vehicle bureau.
Posted below is the government memo and a list of vehicles affected.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20405
January 18, 2006
GSA BULLETIN FMR B-12
MOTOR VEHICLE MANAGEMENT
TO: Heads of Federal agencies
SUBJECT: Agencies with unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government License Plates and motor vehicle identification
1. What is the purpose of this bulletin? This bulletin provides the list of agencies for which GSA has granted unlimited exemptions from the display of U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification. This bulletin is updated when additional unlimited exemptions are approved or existing exemptions are rescinded or modified.
2. What is the effective date of this bulletin? This bulletin is effective May 25, 2006.
3. When does this bulletin expire? This bulletin will remain in effect until specifically superseded or cancelled.
4. What is the background? Formerly, the list of Federal agencies granted unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification because the vehicles are regularly used for the following type of activities: intelligence gathering; investigative and law enforcement activities; providing security; or in work where identifying the vehicles would be prejudicial to patients, was published in section 102-34.195 of the Federal Management Regulation.
However, for ease of updating, the list is changed to bulletin format.
5. What should I do as a result of this bulletin? Agencies that need an unlimited exemption but are not on the approved list in the attachment to this bulletin should contact the General Services Administration using the information provided in paragraph 6 of this bulletin. An agency may be required to provide a written certification of need for an unlimited exemption.
However, agencies should first analyze their needs to determine if a limited exemption is sufficient before seeking an unlimited exemption. The procedures for obtaining a limited exemption are in section 102-34.180 (May we have a limited exemption from displaying U.S. Government license plates and other motor vehicle identification?) in the Federal Management Regulation.
No additional actions are required by a Federal agency unless there is an error in the license plate code or the agency name. If you find errors in the list of license plate codes, please contact the General Services Administration using the contact information provided in paragraph 6 of this bulletin. However, agencies that need to obtain U.S. Government license plates should follow the procedures in section 102-34.140 (Where may we obtain U.S. Government license plates?) in the Federal Management Regulation.
6. Who should we contact for further information or to request that the agency or activities of the agency be granted an unlimited exemption from displaying U.S. Government License Plates and motor vehicle identification?
General Services Administration
Office of Governmentwide Policy
Office of Travel, Transportation, and Asset Management (MT)
Washington, DC 20405
Telephone Number: 202-501-1777
E-mail Address: vehicle.policy@gsa.gov
John G. Sindelar
Acting Associate Administrator
Office of Governmentwide Policy
ATTACHMENT TO BULLETIN FMR B-12
The following Federal agencies, or activities within agencies, have been granted unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification.
Name of Federal Entity
Types of Vehicles covered by the exemption
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
All motor vehicles used by United States probation offices and pretrial services agencies of the judicial branch of the U.S. Government.
Department of Agriculture
Motor vehicles used for investigative or law enforcement activities by the Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration, Packers and Stockyard Program, Food and Consumers Service, and Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Commerce
Motor vehicles used for surveillance and other law enforcement activities by the Office of Export Enforcement, International Trade Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Department of Defense
Motor vehicles used for intelligence, investigative, or security activities by the U.S. Army Intelligence Agency and the Criminal Investigation Command of the Department of the Army; Office of Naval Intelligence of the Department of the Navy; Office of Special Investigations of the Department of the Air Force; the Defense Criminal Investigation Service, Office of the Inspector General; and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Department of Education
Motor vehicles used for investigative and law enforcement activities by the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Energy
Motor vehicles used for investigative or security activities.
Environmental Protection Agency
Motor vehicles used for investigative and law enforcement activities by the Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
Federal Communications Commission
Motor vehicles used for investigative activities by the Field Operations Bureau.
General Services Administration
Motor vehicles used for investigative, surveillance, and security activities by special agents of the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Health and Human Services
Motor vehicles used for undercover law enforcement and similar investigative work by the Food and Drug Administration; motor vehicles used to transport mentally disturbed children by the National Institutes of Health; and motor vehicles used for law enforcement and investigative purposes by the Office of Investigations and the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Homeland Security
Motor vehicles used for investigative or security activities.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Motor vehicles used for law enforcement or investigative purposes by the Office of the Inspector General.
Department of Interior
Motor vehicles used to enforce game laws by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; motor vehicles assigned to special agents of the Bureau of Land Management who investigate crimes against public lands; motor vehicles assigned to special officers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; motor vehicles used for investigating crimes against public lands by the National Park Service and assigned to the U.S. Park Police; and motor vehicles assigned to the special agents of the Office of the Inspector General who investigate possible crimes of fraud and abuse by departmental employees, contractors, and grantees.
Department of Justice
All motor vehicles used for undercover law enforcement activities or investigative work by the Department.
Department of Labor
All motor vehicles used for investigative, law enforcement and compliance activities by the Employment and Training Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Employment Standards Administration, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Motor vehicles used for investigative or law enforcement activities.
National Labor Relations Board
Motor vehicles used for investigative activities by field offices.
National Security Council
Motor vehicles used by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Motor vehicles used for the conduct of security operations or in the enforcement of security regulations.
Office of Personnel Management
Motor vehicles used for the investigative program of the Office of Personnel Investigations and regional investigation activities.
United States Postal Service
Motor vehicles that the Postal Inspection Service uses for investigative and law enforcement activities.
Department of State
Motor vehicles used for protecting domestic and foreign dignitaries and investigating passport and visa fraud
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles used for intelligence, investigative, or security activities by the Office of the Inspector General, the OST Office of Security, the Investigations and Security Division and field counterparts in the U.S. Coast Guard, the Office of Civil Aviation Security and field counterparts in the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Idaho Division Office of Motor Carriers in the Federal Highway Administration.
Department of the Treasury
Motor vehicles used by the U.S. Secret Service; the Criminal Investigation Division and the Internal Security Division of the Internal Revenue Service; motor vehicles used for investigative activities by the Collection Division of the Internal Revenue Service; motor vehicles used by the Office of Enforcement and the Office of Inspection at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and motor vehicles used by the Office of Enforcement, Office of Compliance Operations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Motor vehicles used for investigative activities by the Office of the Inspector General and regional Field Examiners and Property Management Inspectors.
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