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Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Report: Obama administration purchased thousands of vehicles not utilized



The Government Accountability Office has released a report recommending that federal agencies improve processes to identify underutilized vehicles in the government’s fleet of nearly 450,000.

From fiscal years 2011 through 2015, federal agencies spent in excess of $1.6 billion to purchase approximately 64,500 passenger vehicles and light trucks which cost an average of $25,600 each. Ninety percent of those vehicles were purchased by five departments—Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Justice, and Interior—and those departments spent approximately the same percentage of the associated funds.

In fiscal year 2015, federal agencies spent approximately $3.4 billion to maintain and operate their government-owned vehicles.

The GAO study sought to identify federally owned vehicles and examine the processes for assessing their utilization. Three agencies were reviewed in the study—Navy within DOD, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within DHS, and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) within USDA—with the goal of determining if vehicles were utilized during fiscal year 2015.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

When is the surplus sale??. I could use a good deal

Anonymous said...

Auto bailout #2

Anonymous said...

These were purchased to prop up Government Motors after the bailout

Anonymous said...

How about our own Salisbury U. I see an awful lot of vehicles that look like they aren't being used.

Anonymous said...

Looks like > > NO ACCOUNTABILITY !!! > Normal

Anonymous said...

I need a lite duty truck to haul stuff. I would also like to know when these will be up for sale!

Anonymous said...

Auction time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Obama ordered a Bunch of NEW Helicopters too for His use
as President I recall....Noone cared what He spent !!!!