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United States. Government Accountability Office.

Title Defense management [electronic resource] : DOD needs to increase attention on fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations : report to the Subcommittee on Readiness, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives.

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[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Federal Documents Online	GA 1.13:GAO-09-300	---	Available

Description	ii, 58 p. : digital, PDF file
System Details	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	Mode of access via the GAO web site.
Note	Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 5, 2009).
	"February 2009."
Summary	The Department of Defense (DOD) relies heavily on petroleum-based fuel to sustain its forward-deployed locations -- particularly those that are not connected to local power grids. While weapon platforms require large amounts of fuel, DOD reports that the single largest battlefield fuel consumer is generators, which provide power for base support activities such as cooling, heating, and lighting. Transporting fuel to forward-deployed locations presents an enormous logistics burden and risk, including exposing fuel truck convoys to attack. GAO was asked to address DOD's (1) efforts to reduce fuel demand at forward-deployed locations and (2) approach to managing fuel demand at these locations. This review focused on locations within Central Command's area of responsibility. GAO visited DOD locations in Kuwait and Djibouti to learn about fuel reduction efforts and challenges facing these locations. GAO recommends that DOD establish an effective approach to managing fuel demand at forward-deployed locations by developing fuel demand management requirements; designating the new director of operational energy as the lead proponent of fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations; addressing demand management shortcomings in DOD's energy strategy; and establishing military department oversight of fuel demand issues.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Note	"GAO-09-300."
Subject	United States. Department of Defense -- Energy consumption.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Fuel.
	United States. Department of Defense -- Energy conservation -- Evaluation.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Energy consumption.
	Fuel -- Transportation -- United States -- Cost effectiveness.
	Weapons systems -- Energy consumption -- United States.
Added Author	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Readiness Subcommittee.
Added Title	Defense management : Department of Defense needs to increase attention on fuel demand management at forward deployed locations
	DOD needs to increase attention on fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations
Running Title	Defense energy management
Gpo Item No.	0546-D (online)
Sudoc No.	GA 1.13:GAO-09-300