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
- Not enough data is available to make a determination about the project health.
No Report Available - Indicates that a Report is not available for publishing for the reporting period.

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
08/01/2026 - 08/31/2026	Green

Independent Project Oversight Dashboard

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	The project overall health remains Green during August because the project continues to progress toward its certification and Go-Live objectives, testing results have improved during the reporting period, and project governance and risk management processes remain in place. Time Management and Quality Management remain Yellow. Time Management remains Yellow because multiple development, testing, certification, data, and readiness activities are occurring in parallel, reducing available schedule flexibility as the project approaches Association of American Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Readiness Testing and subsequent certification activities. Additionally, the schedule variance continues to remain at 5.6%. Quality remains Yellow due to continued testing and defect remediation, remaining Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) true-up activities, and the need to maintain complete evidence and traceability as the project progresses toward certification. The remaining focus areas remain Green. Continued monitoring of schedule dependencies, testing readiness, defects, data-load activities, and transition readiness is important as the project enters the next phase of execution.

Project Overall Health

Comments

Green

The project overall health remains Green during August because the project continues to progress toward its certification and Go-Live objectives, testing results have improved during the reporting period, and project governance and risk management processes remain in place. Time Management and Quality Management remain Yellow. Time Management remains Yellow because multiple development, testing, certification, data, and readiness activities are occurring in parallel, reducing available schedule flexibility as the project approaches Association of American Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Readiness Testing and subsequent certification activities. Additionally, the schedule variance continues to remain at 5.6%. Quality remains Yellow due to continued testing and defect remediation, remaining Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) true-up activities, and the need to maintain complete evidence and traceability as the project progresses toward certification. The remaining focus areas remain Green. Continued monitoring of schedule dependencies, testing readiness, defects, data-load activities, and transition readiness is important as the project enters the next phase of execution.

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	Governance remains Green. Regular project, Executive Steering Committee (ESC), sprint, risk and issue, and defect triage activities continued during August.
Time Management Yellow	Time Management remains Yellow. Development and testing progressed, but multiple high-dependency activities continue concurrently as the project approaches AAMVA Readiness Testing and certification. The schedule continues to reflect a project completion date of March 16, 2027, beyond the approved February 17, 2027, completion date, representing a variance of 5.6%.
Cost & Contract Management Green	Cost & Contract Management remains Green. August expenditures remained within the approved budget and no significant contract concerns were identified.
Scope Management Green	Scope Management remains Green. Development continued against approved objectives, with pre-certification and post-certification work tracked separately.
Resources Green	Resource Management remains Green. No significant resource shortages were reported, although AAMVA testing and other concurrent activities continue to require monitoring of resource capacity.
Quality Yellow	Quality remains Yellow. Testing progress and defect closure improved, but traceability, defect linkage, performance testing, and readiness evidence require continued attention.
Risk And Issues Green	Risks and Issues remains Green. Three active risks and no active issues were reported at the end of the reporting period.
Transition Readiness Green	Transition Readiness remains Green. Training, Organizational Change Management (OCM), release management, environment readiness, and data-load preparation continued during August.
Conditions For Approval Green	Conditions for Approval remain Green. The Updated Project Management Plans and Transition to Maintenance & Operations (M&O) Plan conditions remain unmet, while the other applicable conditions remain met.
Corrective Action Green	N/A.

Project Approval Documents