DataQs correction process
The federal process for disputing the accuracy of motor carrier inspection, violation, crash, and registration records. A carrier (or driver, or other party with standing) files a Request for Data Review through the DataQs portal at dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov. The relevant state agency or FMCSA office reviews the request and either upholds the record, modifies it, or removes it.
Why it matters
Federal data sometimes contains errors — wrong USDOT number on an inspection, a violation coded under the wrong BASIC, a crash misattributed, an overweight ticket entered as the carrier's responsibility when it was the driver's. DataQs is the only formal route to correct the underlying federal record. Until the federal record changes, the Hoffman Report shows what the federal record shows.
Where it appears in a Hoffman Report
Every Hoffman Report's About the data footer references the DataQs process. The Is this your carrier? claiming flow surfaces a request-correction action that ProHRHQ uses to triage corrections — some can be handled through carrier-submitted clarification on the carrier-controlled portion of the page; others require a federal DataQs filing, and ProHRHQ updates on the next monthly refresh after the federal data changes.
Related terms
DataQs is a federal process administered by FMCSA. Filing is free. Outcome is not guaranteed; the reviewing agency makes the determination. ProHRHQ does not file DataQs requests on behalf of carriers; we triage requests and surface the carrier-controlled response on the report.