Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in all but name for 16 months, T.F. Scott Darling III has finally been accorded a confirmation hearing for the post of FMSCA Administrator, which he was nominated to by President Obama back in August. Darling has been called by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to provide testimony on his nomination on Wednesday, January 20 at 10:00 a.m. Currently holding the title of FMCSA Chief Counsel, Darling had been referred to as the agency’s acting administrator from the time former Administrator Anne Ferro departed the post in August, 2014, until late last March.
