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What Government Fleets Are Missing About Their True Costs
What are fleet budgets missing, and how can agencies use the data they already collect to make a stronger case for change?
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Read More →LOS ANGELES – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has certified the 2006-model year Toyota Highlander Hybrid as being eligible for the clean-burning fuel deduction. This certification means that taxpayers who purchase one of these hybrid vehicles new during calendar year 2005 may claim a tax deduction of up to $2,000 on Form 1040.
Read More →SALT LAKE CITY – The Salt Lake County's fleet manager plans to retire this fall after unspecified allegations surfaced and an investigation is launched, according to the Associated Press.
Read More →ROCKFORD, IL - Winnebago County officials are asking why the county is paying the city of Rockford $90 every time a county vehicle gets an oil change at the garage in the downtown Public Safety Building, according to the Rockford Register Star newspaper.
Read More →TALLAHASSEE, FL – An appellate court on has reversed a trial judge's ruling that would have expanded a Florida Panhandle sheriff's lawsuit over the safety of Ford patrol cars to include police agencies throughout the state, according to the Associated Press.
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FRESNO, CA – John Hunt, fleet manager for the city of Fresno, has won Government Fleet's 2005 Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by Automotive Resources International (ARI) and co-sponsored by Fleet Counselor Services, Inc.
Read More →LYNCHBURG, VA – John McCorkhill, Jr., fleet director for the city of Lynchburg, recently received a third fleet management certification.
Read More →KANSAS CITY, MO – A jury found that Ford Motor Co. wasn't liable in the 2003 death of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper whose Crown Victoria was struck from behind and caught fire, according to the Associated Press.
Read More →HARRISBURG, PA – Shrinking the state-government vehicle fleet has generated nearly $40 million in actual and projected savings and eliminated 228 sport/utility vehicles, including nine that were used by cabinet secretaries, according to the Department of General Services, reported the Associated Press.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey reported his Ford Crown Victoria police vehicle stolen a block from his home, according to the Washington Post newspaper.
Read More →DAVIE, FL – Officer Kevin Millan is getting widespread community support in his struggle to keep a marked police car in the driveway of his western Davie home, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper.
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