The Office of the Inspector General conducted an audit to determine the effectiveness of the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) fleet management and identify opportunities for improvement. The OIG selected 48 vehicles and 50 industrial trucks to
assess fleet operations’ conformity with GPO’s policies and procedures.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Review GPO Instructions 810.26, Motor Vehicle Management Program, and 810.11B, GPO Property Management Program, for | |||||
2 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Establish clear roles and responsibilities in fleet management policies and standard operating procedures for the Fleet Manager and Agency-wide supervisors and employees. | |||||
3 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Develop procedures to maintain a complete and accurate database of fleet assets. Assess and leverage opportunities to incorporate automation to improve process efficiencies. | |||||
4 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Develop and implement detailed standard operating procedures for a service and repair maintenance program and assign an owner to maintain a centralized tracking system to ensure all fleet assets are routinely inspected, results are documented, and any remedial actions are taken in a timely manner. | |||||
5 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Ensure all vehicles and powered industrial trucks from this report are promptly assessed for repair and/or disposition actions. | |||||
6 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Develop and implement detailed standard operating procedures and checklists to verify that all disposition actions are completed within a defined period before marking a returned item as complete in the surplus property system. | |||||
7 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Assess all non-operating or neglected vehicles and industrial trucks identified in this report to begin timely disposition actions, if needed. |