Nothing. The alerts are free, for any USDOT number, and there is no account to make.

No. FileFlo is a private company that reads the public FMCSA record and sends these alerts free. Every alert says so, and gives the way to check any notice yourself at safer.fmcsa.dot.gov.

How often will I hear from FileFlo?

Only when something on the record changes, and at most one email a day. Each one says what changed, what it means for an audit or the next inspection, and what to do now.

Where does the data come from?

FMCSA's public files: the roadside inspection file, the company census, the carrier record behind SAFER, and the licensing and insurance files. Nothing is guessed: a fact the record does not show is never stated.

How do I stop the alerts?

Every alert ends with an unsubscribe link that works in one click. After it, FileFlo does not email the address again.

Free · Any USDOT number

Know the morning your FMCSA record changes.

Give FileFlo a USDOT number and an email. FileFlo reads the public FMCSA record every morning and emails you when something on it changes, with what it means for an audit or the next inspection and what to do now.

Free FMCSA record alerts

Turn on free FMCSA record alerts

Enter the USDOT number and the email that should hear about it. FileFlo checks the number against the FMCSA record and sends a confirmation with the record as it stands today.

What FileFlo watches on the record

A new roadside inspection
The date, the inspection level, the state, the violations and any out-of-service order, the morning it reaches the public file. Clean inspections too.
49 CFR 396.9
An insurance cancellation or suspension notice
An Operating Authority Involuntary Suspension Notice, with the date it was served and the date it takes effect, and liability insurance on file falling below the required level.
49 CFR 387.301, 387.313(d)
An authority status change
Common, contract or broker authority going active or inactive, and the record showing the carrier allowed or not allowed to operate, with the reason FMCSA recorded.
49 CFR 392.9a
The MCS-150 update coming due
Thirty days before the biennial update is due, from the schedule set by the last two digits of the USDOT number.
49 CFR 390.19T(b)
A safety rating change
A new rating on the record, and what a proposed Unsatisfactory or a Conditional rating means for the next 45 or 60 days.
49 CFR 385.11, 385.13
For a new entrant, the safety audit window
The month the audit window opens, counted from the registration date on the FMCSA census.
49 CFR 385.307

Hear it from the record, not from a letter

Carriers often learn about an inspection, an insurance cancellation or a due MCS-150 late, and the letters and emails that impersonate FMCSA lean on exactly those moments. A FileFlo alert states only what the public record shows, names the rule behind it, and says plainly that FileFlo is not the DOT.

Each alert carries one link: the finding sheet for your USDOT number, which lists what an auditor asks for after a change like that one.

Questions

What does it cost?: Nothing. The alerts are free, for any USDOT number, and there is no account to make.
Is FileFlo the DOT?: No. FileFlo is a private company that reads the public FMCSA record and sends these alerts free. Every alert says so, and gives the way to check any notice yourself at safer.fmcsa.dot.gov.
How often will I hear from FileFlo?: Only when something on the record changes, and at most one email a day. Each one says what changed, what it means for an audit or the next inspection, and what to do now.
Where does the data come from?: FMCSA's public files: the roadside inspection file, the company census, the carrier record behind SAFER, and the licensing and insurance files. Nothing is guessed: a fact the record does not show is never stated.
How do I stop the alerts?: Every alert ends with an unsubscribe link that works in one click. After it, FileFlo does not email the address again.