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Independent Project Oversight Report (IPOR) Rating

Green
- Satisfactory, no corrective action necessary.
Yellow
- Caution, risks/issues exist. There may be a need for corrective action in the near future.
Red
- Escalated for immediate corrective action. There is a significant risk to the health of the project.
Blue
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2740-229 State to State Verification (S2S)

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) proposes to implement the State-to-State Verification Service (S2S) program. This program would enable DMV to limit a driver’s license or identification (DL/ID) card applicant to possessing only one REAL ID compliant or federal non-compliant (FNC) DL/ID card nationwide. The program would also enable DMV to share information with other participating states on all State issued DL/ID cards and to send requests to other States to terminate a DL/ID card. These processes would be performed electronically through the S2S program.

Project Details

Agency / State Entity	Transportation / Motor Vehicles, Department of
Total Cost	$55,999,282
Last Approved Start Date	10/21/2025
Last Approved Finish Date	02/16/2027
Criticality Rating	Medium

IPOR Reporting Period	Overall IPOR Rating
05/01/2026 - 05/31/2026	Green

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Key Questions

Is the project on track to satisfy the customer's business objectives?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives in the approved timeframe?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives within the approved budget?Yes

Project Overall Health	Comments
Green	During the May 2026 reporting period, the State-to-State (S2S) Project remains Green and continues progressing through implementation, testing preparation, and certification readiness activities. Development advanced through Sprint 11, testing activities expanded, and the project continues forecasting achievement of the federal compliance deadline of February 17, 2027. During the reporting period, Time Management and Quality shifted from Green to Yellow. These rating changes reflect unresolved schedule baseline activities, continued schedule management concerns, increasing testing readiness activities, and growing reliance on parallel development and testing efforts. The remaining focus areas, including Governance, Cost & Contract Management, Scope Management, Resource Management, Risks & Issues, and Transition Readiness, remain Green and continue supporting project execution. Overall project health remains Green because governance remains effective, costs remain within approved funding levels, resources remain sufficient, risks and issues continue to be actively managed, and the project continues progressing toward certification objectives. Continued attention to schedule management and testing readiness will be necessary to maintain this rating.

Project Overall Health

Comments

Green

During the May 2026 reporting period, the State-to-State (S2S) Project remains Green and continues progressing through implementation, testing preparation, and certification readiness activities. Development advanced through Sprint 11, testing activities expanded, and the project continues forecasting achievement of the federal compliance deadline of February 17, 2027. During the reporting period, Time Management and Quality shifted from Green to Yellow. These rating changes reflect unresolved schedule baseline activities, continued schedule management concerns, increasing testing readiness activities, and growing reliance on parallel development and testing efforts. The remaining focus areas, including Governance, Cost & Contract Management, Scope Management, Resource Management, Risks & Issues, and Transition Readiness, remain Green and continue supporting project execution. Overall project health remains Green because governance remains effective, costs remain within approved funding levels, resources remain sufficient, risks and issues continue to be actively managed, and the project continues progressing toward certification objectives. Continued attention to schedule management and testing readiness will be necessary to maintain this rating.

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	Governance remains Green, consistent with April. Executive oversight, sprint management, and cross-workstream coordination continue supporting project execution. Increased focus has been placed on certification readiness, project dependencies, and coordination among multiple vendors and stakeholders.
Time Management Yellow	Time Management shifted from Green to Yellow. The CDT schedule review comments remain unresolved, the Integrated Master Project Schedule has not been formally approved or baselined, and the current draft schedule extends project completion to March 16, 2027, beyond the approved February 17, 2027, completion date, representing a variance of 5.6%. Continued development activities and increasing overlap between testing and implementation activities are reducing available schedule flexibility.
Cost & Contract Management Green	Cost & Contract Management remains Green, consistent with April. Project expenditures remain aligned with the approved budget, and no significant cost variances have been identified. Continued oversight is required as integration activities expand across multiple vendors.
Scope Management Green	Scope Management remains Green, consistent with April. Development activities continue supporting approved project objectives, and the project has begun distinguishing between certification-related and post-certification work. No unauthorized scope expansion has been identified.
Resources Green	Resource Management remains Green. Resource transitions and vendor onboarding activities were successfully addressed during the reporting period, and staffing levels remain sufficient to support ongoing development, testing, and certification activities.
Quality Yellow	Quality shifted from Green to Yellow. The project entered larger-scale testing activities during the reporting period, increasing the importance of testing readiness, traceability, regression testing, and defect management. Concurrent development and testing activities continue to increase quality-related risk as certification activities approach.
Risk And Issues Green	Risks & Issues remains Green. The project continues identifying, documenting, monitoring, and managing risks and issues through established processes. While several risks related to schedule management, certification readiness, and external dependencies require increased attention, no significant deficiencies were identified in the project's risk and issue management practices.
Transition Readiness Green	Transition Readiness remains Green, consistent with April. Organizational Change Management (OCM), stakeholder engagement, training planning, and transition readiness activities continue progressing appropriately and remain aligned with planned certification and deployment objectives.
Conditions For Approval Yellow	Conditions for Approval remain Yellow. Of the five Conditions of Approval, two conditions are met, including submission of the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) monthly reports and the Project Test Management Plan. The Integrated Master Project Schedule has been submitted and reviewed by CDT but remains partially met pending resolution of schedule review comments and formal approval. Updated Project Management Plans remain outstanding beyond the January 19, 2026, deadline. The Transition to Maintenance and Operations Plan is not yet due. Continued attention is required to achieve full compliance with approval conditions.
Corrective Action Green	N/A.

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