Government Fleet News

SACRAMENTO - The IRS is conducting an 18-month audit regarding tax reporting associated with personal use of California's state-owned or -leased vehicles in 2008.

Tags: audit, California, IRS, state vehicle

IRVING, TX - With a number of employees retiring and/or leaving the City, the City of Irving has shifted a number of responsibilities that affect the city fleet.

Tags: City of Irving, fleet management

ANDERSON, SC - Under a proposed ordinance, Anderson County, S.C., employees, with the exception of the Sheriff’s Office personnel, will not be allowed to drive county cars home, according to the Anderson Independent Mail.

Tags: Anderson County, Take-Home Vehicle

LAS VEGAS - Dozens of U.S. and Canadian police fleet managers introduced to Ford's Police Interceptor at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway event last week were impressed by the vehicle's power, safety features, and ergonomics, according to POLICE magazine.

Tags: Ford, patrol vehicle, Police Interceptor

MEMPHIS, TN - Five current and former high-ranking members of the City of Memphis' General Services Division have violated city policy because they are related to employees in their department.

Tags: fleet maintenance

PENSACOLA, FL - Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Department will be hard-hit by a bare-bones 2011 budget and unable to purchase new patrol cars, according to the Pensacola News Journal.

Tags: city fleet

WASHINGTON - Smith's all-electric, fuel- and emissions-free commercial trucks are now available for purchase by U.S. government agencies and military forces.

Tags: electric car, GSA, procurement, Smith Electric Vehicles, Smith Newton

FULLERTON, CA - Yokohama Tire Corporation announced it will increase prices on its light and medium commercial truck tires by up to 7 percent, effective March 1.

Tags: price increases, Tire, Yokohama

FERNANDINA BEACH, FL - A veteran Nassau County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested Jan. 19 and charged with allegedly taking nearly eight years' worth of kickbacks as manager of the agency's fleet maintenance department.

Tags: fleet maintenance, kickback scheme, Nassau County , vendor commission

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - At the request of the city council, the Albuquerque Police Department is looking at everything from mileage to officer commutes, to how long the vehicles in its 1,100-unit take-home fleet last.

Tags: Albuquerque, Take-Home Vehicle

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL - Driver's Alert has been awarded under contract number 052109 to participate in the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), through an addendum agreement with Federal Contracts Corp. (FCC), an awarded vendor to NJPA.

Tags: Driver's Alert, Federal Contracts Corp., NJPA

BALTIMORE - In her first State of the City Address, Baltimore's Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she will reduce her passenger vehicle fleet by 37 percent as part of an overall plan to trim the city's $120 million budget deficit, according to the Mayor's Office.

Tags: city fleet

RALEIGH, NC - Some North Carolina agencies have changed their procedures to reduce how much they're spending on state-owned cars each month.

Tags: cost-cutting, North Carolina, state vehicle

KNOXVILLE, TN - Two fleet services employees with the City of Knoxville's operations division were suspended and one was fired Feb. 22 for violating city policies, a city spokesman told the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Tags: city fleet

VICTORVILLE, CA - The move is expected to save $250,00 a year, for a total savings of $750,000 over the next three years.

Tags: City of Victorville, cost-cutting

TAMPA, FL - Nearly 4,700 fuel storage tanks operated by gas stations, governments, and businesses in Florida must be upgraded by the end of March or face shutdown.

Tags: compliance, Florida, fuel tanks, gas stations

WASHINGTON - The General Services Administration (GSA) approved new contracts for the 2010 buying season on Jan. 22.

Tags: contract, GSA, vehicle purchasing

TORRANCE, CA - Sponsored by NJPA and INVERS, winners will be announced at the Government Fleet Expo & Conference (GFX) June 21-23 in Austin and published in Government Fleet magazine.

Tags: 100 Best Fleets, nominations

WASHINGTON - The agency's newly deployed mobile resource management system is designed to manage remote fleets in real time, reduce operating costs, and enhance the safety and security of assets.

Tags: Department of Homeland Security, FMS, mobile resource management

SACRAMENTO, CA - As of Feb. 12, approximately $11 million is left in the California Hybrid Voucher Incentive Program. All fleets with trucks operating in California are eligible for up to 100 vouchers each, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tags: California, California Hybrid Voucher Incentive Program, funding, truck fleet

WASHINGTON - AC Propulsion and AutoPort will partner in engineering, development, and conversion to provide an electric vehicle conversion prototype and report for the U.S. Postal Service.

Tags: AC Propulsion , AutoPort Electric Vehicle, electric car, long life vehicles, plug-in conversion, USPS

KINGSTON, NY - Ulster County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach says the county is spending more than it should to reimburse employees for the use of their personal vehicles on the job.

Tags: personal vehicles, reimbursement, Ulster County