July 28, 2004

Continuing their longstanding support of the National Safety Council's efforts in promoting and improving traffic records systems, Data Nexus, Inc. is proud to announce that Dr. Robert A. Scopatz has been elected President of the Executive Board for the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP).

The ATSIP, also known as the Traffic Records Committee, is a working group of the National Safety Council Highway Traffic Safety Division. The ATSIP exists to further the development and sharing of traffic records system procedures, tools, and professionalism. As its new President, Dr. Scopatz will be working towards achieving the organization's objectives, which include: providing a forum on traffic records systems for state and local traffic records systems managers; developing, improving, and evaluating traffic records data systems in terms of standards, policies, and applications; encouraging the use of improved techniques and innovative procedures in the collection, storage, and use of traffic records data; and serving as a forum for the discussion of traffic records system programs of the National Safety Council, Federal agencies, and other organizations for the benefit of state, local, and international organizations.

Dr. Scopatz, Director of Research and Government Services, is the third head of the Executive Board from Data Nexus, Inc. Larry C. Holestine, Director of Public Services, headed the Executive Board from 2002-2003, and Barbara Hilger DeLucia, President & CEO, headed the Executive Board from 1994-1995.

"The ATSIP, along with its Traffic Records Forum, is an invaluable tool for traffic safety professionals to share ideas, technologies, and innovations," says Mrs. DeLucia. "I am both pleased and honored for Dr. Scopatz to continue this company's tradition of service to the traffic records community."

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