Louisiana OMV Outage Halts Drivers License and Vehicle Services [Video]

The outage began earlier Monday morning. The OMV said in a post on social media, that due to the system outage, it would currently be unable to process driver’s licenses, vehicle registration, and reinstatement transactions. 

OMV Deputy Director Austin Badon told WWL Louisiana that the department’s computer “mainframe system” went down.

The department said their systems were restored at about 1:00 p.m. Monday.

“We at OMV share the Governor’s vision that the residents of this State deserve a government as good as they are,” department officials said in a statement posted to their website. 

“Unfortunately, today’s system outage reminds us of the many challenges we face to live up to this standard. For over a decade, OMV has operated on outdated, 50-year-old mainframe COBOL computer software. The failure of others to address and to bring our OMV office into the …