Heavy Equipment: Selected Agencies Should Improve Guidance for Purchases and Leases

Abstract

Of the 24 agencies GAO reviewed, 20 reported owning over 136,000 heavy equipment items such as cranes, backhoes, and forklifts, and spending over $7.4 billion (in 2016 dollars) to acquire this equipment. The remaining 4 agencies reported that they do not own any heavy equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1166856

Entities

People

  • Lori Rectanus

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Maintenance Equipment
  • Management Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Natural Disasters
  • Passenger Vehicles
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Small Business
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.