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Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety

Program Information

Popular name

Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Program (DADSS)

Program Number

20.618

Program objective

The goal of the DADSS collaborative research program is to research and develop alcohol detection technologies that are less intrusive than currently available ignition interlocks. Technologies that are integrated into vehicles may hold the greatest promise for widespread deployment. This program is focused on the research, development and testing of non-invasive breath and touch-based alcohol detection devices and subsequent hardware that shall result in one or more commercially viable devices that can be installed in vehicles.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    This program has developed in-vehicle alcohol detection devices from conceptual plans to Breath-based test devices that are in field operational testing phase with human subjects.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR parts 200, 1200 and 1201 DADSS Annual Report 2023 - https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-06/Report-to-Congress-DADSS-2021-Report.pdf Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federal
  • State

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