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DDS

ANNUAL
REPORT
2019

       LOOKING AHEAD

DRIVES                                 Electronic Driver’s                          Third Party Testing
                                       Licenses (E-ID)                              Expansion
The Agency will continue
to work on advancing our               DDS will continue to prepare                 Legislation has paved the
major project DRIVES to be             for emerging technology                      way for DDS to expand third
launched January 2021.                 including the use and                        party road testing by certified
                                       acceptance of electronic                     driver training programs. After
                                       driver’s licenses and                        a successful Pilot Program
                                       identification cards. Legislation            in FY2019, there were 104
                                       will be introduced to establish              third party examiners who
                                       definitions and to offer                     administered 9,448 third party
                                       parameters of use for those to               tests for teens in Georgia.
                                       monitor.

DRIVES TIMELINE

   July 1, 2019     August 19, 2019          October 21, 2019                       February 10, 2020
Preparation Start  Conversion Start +        Project Kick-Off                          Testing Start

                     Definition Start

       August 5, 2019         September 30, 2019      November 18, 2019                                      April 13, 2020
        Fasties Begin       Base Configuration Start  Development Start                                      Training Start
      Move to Conyers

                                       2019                                                            2020

July               August   September  October        November  December  January   February  March     April  May
2019                2019        2019     2019            2019      2019    2020       2020    2020      2020   2020

                            2020                                                                       2021

June               July     August     September      October   November  December  January   February  March  April
2020               2020      2020         2020         2020        2020      2020     2021      2021    2021   2021

                                                                November 16, 2020   January 18, 2021
                                                                     Rollout Start
                                                                                    GO LIVE!

                                                 Facility Improvements

                                                           DDS continues to improve the environment for our team members and
                                                           customers. Projects targeted for FY2020 include:

                                                           Gainesville, Hall County, CSC will be replaced with a new state-of-the-art 12,000
                                                           square foot modern facility behind the existing center. Estimated completion of
                                                           the project is November 2019. Plans include the addition of one CDL testing pad
                                                           and a separate entrance and testing area for commercial vehicles.

                                                           The Atlanta CSC will finalize additional parking adding 26 additional spaces.

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