Ken Edgell Retires from U.S. Department of Transportation

Hutchinson, KS-- February 4, 2004-- Mr. Ken Edgell has retired as the Acting Director of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance in Washington D.C. and has joined American Medical Review Officers, L.L.C. (AMRO), National Compliance Management Service, Inc. (NCMS) and Pipeline Testing Consortium, Inc. (PTC) all located in Hutchinson, Kansas as a Senior Policy Advisor to the three companies.

American Medical Review Officers, L.L.C. (AMRO) is a Medical Review Officer business that reviews DOT and NON-DOT drug test results for DOT regulated and non-regulated employers. National Compliance Management Service, Inc. (NCMS) provides contractor monitoring for the oil and gas industry. Pipeline Testing Consortium, Inc. (PTC) provides DOT regulated employers in the pipeline industry with DOT-compliant drug and alcohol programs.

For the last 17 years, Mr. Edgell has provided expert advice on drug and alcohol related issues to the past 5 administrations for the Secretary of Transportation. In his last position at DOT, Mr. Edgell was the Acting Director of the Department’s Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC), which is responsible for developing, coordinating and overseeing alcohol and drug policies, programs and information within the regulated transportation industry, which now is covering over 12 million people. This is the office that issues the Part 40 Regulation in regards to the DOT drug and alcohol regulations.

Mr. Edgell was actively involved in the development of the regulations to implement the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, and authored the DOT Breath Alcohol Technician Model Curriculum. He also provided training for collectors and Medical Review Officers in the DOT program. Mr. Edgell has a B.S. and M.S. in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

Mr. Edgell is well known to countless transportation employers and service agents across the country for whom he has answered implementation questions and provided counseling on compliance issues for the DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations.

Mr. Edgell is now bringing his knowledge, skills and years of experience to serve as a primary resource for AMRO, NCMS and PTC.  According to Mr. Edgell “ I am not leaving the industry and the work that I love, I am just shifting gears. DOT is responsible for ensuring the safety of the traveling public and our nation’s transportation system. AMRO, NCMS, and PTC see the ‘big picture’ and fully understand how DOT’s responsibility impacts almost every American on a day-to-day basis. That understanding helps them provide first-class service to their clients in the pipeline industry.”

Mr. Edgell will maintain an office in Fredericksburg, Virginia.