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TORRANCE, CA - Calling all public sector fleets! Do you have experience or expertise on a topic of interest and the desire to help educate your peers? Do you know a fleet manager who can offer expert tips or best practices on such topics as dealing with reducing fuel costs, “greening” a fleet, technician shortages, etc.?
Read More →The City of Sterling Heights’ Department of Public Works is working with VSE Corp. to run a pilot program where the City will use VSE’s corrosion-protection product, called VSeal, on the department’s fleet vehicles.
Read More →STAMFORD, CT – Governor M. Jodi Rell has announced that the public has a new way to help ensure that state vehicles are consistently operated in a safe and courteous manner.
Read More →SANTA ANA, CA – An Orange County employee has filed a lawsuit that claims fellow workers inappropriately tapped a group of restricted federal funds and local public safety taxes to help take the sting out of the county's 1994 bankruptcy.
Read More →RENO, NE – Nevada's new public safety chief detailed his department's $453.1 million budget to lawmakers, including plans to hire 60 new state troopers and replace a fleet of more than 300 Highway Patrol vehicles.
Read More →It is a long held proverb in the public sector that “’the number of philosophies on government is greater than to the number of philosophers on government.” This being said, it is especially natural for me to apply the word customer when describing relationship the residents of Jonesborough have with the town government. The Town of Jonesborough is expected to meet certain obligations in return for taxes paid.
Read More →The demographics of public sector fleet operations are skewing increasingly to an aging workforce. A key reason is the large number of baby boomers eligible to retire now and into the next decade. Studies have documented the implications to various industries, but there has been little discussion about the ramifications to fleet management. Not only will there be a “retirement tsunami” in fleet, but there will be an even more crippling “brain drain” of lost institutional and legacy knowledge.
Read More →VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The next APWA’s Certified Public Fleet Professional program examination is scheduled for Oct. 19 in Virginia Beach, Va., in conjunction with the CCG/FASTER Annual Conference.
Read More →MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Department of Public Works is proposing to sell 104 underused vehicles from its fleet, with the first ones going on sale as early as May 21, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Read More →The current economic situation is forcing public sector fleet managers to take a hard look at how they operate their fleets and make adjustments to cope with budgetary shortfalls. Savvy fleet managers know their local and state tax revenue forecasts for the immediate and long-term future. These fleet managers have contingency budget strategies planned before upper management directs them to cut costs or reduce capital purchases.
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