Officials say hardware upgrades causing OMV outages across state, crews working toward repairs
Jun 09, 2026
BATON ROUGE mdash; The Office of Motor Vehicles' system experienced intermittent outages on Tuesday related to a hardware upgrade over the weekend.nbsp;The Office of Technology Services said a "legacy piece of hardware" was replaced on Sunday with brand-new core network routers.nbsp;Thomas Mulersqu
o;, communications director for OTS, said the update was like switching the network "from a 1992 Honda Civic to a 2026 McLaren 750.rdquo;nbsp;Mule said the migration to the new network was not seamless and issues started pupping up at OMV offices across the state. He said that workers are addressing the problem.nbsp;"Our team has been working nonstop since Sunday, and will continue to work until our network is back to 100%," he said.nbsp;Permalink| Comments
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