State DMV Draws Flak For New Driver’s Licenses

[Werner Heisenberg]

http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/DMV-dr...

Who is the current company that does the licenses? Did they respond to the RFP? If not then why not?

[pigpen911]

Werner Heisenberg wrote:

http://www.13wham.com/news/loc al/story/DMV-drivers-license/G _D3VMTlR02wN0EPTiq4yQ.cspx
Who is the current company that does the licenses? Did they respond to the RFP? If not then why not?

Something sure doesn't sound right.$38 millon more for a DL that isn't even in color and made in Canada? I have to wonder who has a family member that has stock in the company or who has their hand in the cookie jar.These DL's should made in NYS or at the very least made in the USA. When will the fools that we put in office wake up to the fact that NY is flat broke and try to cut out wastefull spending like this?Never seems to come to mind,idiots.

[Steel City Steelers]

Werner Heisenberg wrote:

http://www.13wham.com/news/loc al/story/DMV-drivers-license/G _D3VMTlR02wN0EPTiq4yQ.cspx
Who is the current company that does the licenses? Did they respond to the RFP? If not then why not?

Yes, they did. And their bid was lower than the Canadian company. Let me find the link for you....

[Steel City Steelers]

This article has more info than the one from channel 13...
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NY-dri...

[Werner Heisenberg]

Steel City Steelers wrote:

This article has more info than the one from channel 13...
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NY-dri...

Thanks. This article was much more informative.

From new13'a article:
"State DMV Commissioner Barbara Fiala responded with this statement:
'The current contract for the production of driver license and non-driver documents expires in May, 2013. As required, DMV issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for companies capable of producing the documents after that date. Three companies responded to the RFP. Each of their parent organizations are based outside of the United States.'....."

When I combine that from the Times Union article, I interpret that to say that De La Rue (De La Rue is currently doing our licenses.), based in England, and Massachusetts-based MorphoTrustUSA, and CBN were the only companies to bid. But wait, didn't Fiala say that all companies are parented outside the US? It's true, MorphoTrustUSA is owned by Safran which is a French company.

There is a story here, we just need an agency that can tell it. I think it starts with some serious kickbacks but I would love to see a piece on why there isn't any true American companies that are willing to go after a piece of this pie.

[Chirp Chirp]

A little birdie told me something. It told me that SCS is really Nickbo.

[IescapedNY]

pigpen911 wrote:

<quoted text>Something sure doesn't sound right.$38 millon more for a DL that isn't even in color and made in Canada? I have to wonder who has a family member that has stock in the company or who has their hand in the cookie jar.These DL's should made in NYS or at the very least made in the USA. When will the fools that we put in office wake up to the fact that NY is flat broke and try to cut out wastefull spending like this?Never seems to come to mind,idiots.

Pigpen

The truth is.

New York State finds it to expensive to do business in New York State.

Has something to do with Taxes, Fee,s & Regulations.

[Chirp Chirp]

Another birdie told me PigPen is really Nickbo.

[Chirp Chirp]

Bang bang bang is also Nickbo

[Purple 1]

Chirp Chirp wrote:

Bang bang bang is also Nickbo

How is it possible that nickbo is about 30 different posters? Is it even possible to be 30 different posters? Wouldn't you need 30 different email addresses?

[pigpen911]

Purple 1 wrote:

<quoted text>
How is it possible that nickbo is about 30 different posters? Is it even possible to be 30 different posters? Wouldn't you need 30 different email addresses?

Chirp Chip,RFCBF and about 25 other different trolls on here are all the same person,Rhonda.She/he/it changes "it's" name so many times a day that most people can't keep up then blames everyone for doing what "it" does.A troll's troll.And yes you can change your posting name without changing your IP address.

[Purple 1]

pigpen911 wrote:

<quoted text>Chirp Chip,RFCBF and about 25 other different trolls on here are all the same person,Rhonda.She/he/it changes "it's" name so many times a day that most people can't keep up then blames everyone for doing what "it" does.A troll's troll.And yes you can change your posting name without changing your IP address.

Cool, thanks. I don't know all the "ins and outs" of Topix

[Gogglehead]

Purple, I know who you are, don't I

[Bills 19 Dolphins 14]

Gogglehead wrote:

Purple, I know who you are, don't I

Yes, we all do. LOL.

[Purple 1]

Gogglehead wrote:

Purple, I know who you are, don't I

Do you? I don't know anyone named Gogglehead.