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nnette Sandberg has resigned as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an agency spokesman said last Wednesday.
Sandberg's resignation will take effect March 1, the spokesman told Transport Topics.
“American Trucking Associations and its motor carrier members express their appreciation for a job well done by Annette Sandberg of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration," ATA President Bill Graves said in a statement released Thursday.
In her time leading FMCSA, Sandberg oversaw two revisions of the driver hours-of-service rule — one published in April 2003 and a court-ordered redrafting of the regulation published last August.
In addition to hours of service, the agency has also dealt with issues like electronic onboard recorders and driver training.
Sandberg became the head of FMCSA in January 2003 in the role of acting administrator, and was nominated by President Bush to be the full-time agency chief in March of that year.
The Senate confirmed that nomination and she was sworn in as FMCSA administrator in August 2003.
Prior to her posting at FMCSA, Sandberg served as the deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Before moving into the federal government, Sandberg headed up the Washington State Patrol.
