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NOTE: This article updates one posted Aug. 19 and based on a Federal Times article.


By Scott Doggett, Contributing Editor


A recent article regarding hybrid purchases by the U.S. General Services Administration that appeared in the Federal Times - a Gannett publication that's widely read by government managers in our country's capital - riled quite a few people within and outside the District of Columbia.


The gist of the article was that the General Services Administration earlier this year purchased more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles, but barring another round of stimulus funds, the agency won't likely make another large purchase of hybrid vehicles anytime soon.


That, we have been told, is simply untrue.


Among those who want to set the record straight are GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson and Bill Webster, GSA Assistant Commissioner for Travel, Motor Vehicles and Card Services. Both men spoke with Green Car Advisor at length to correct inaccuracies that appeared in the Federal Times article.


For those of you unfamiliar with the GSA, it is an independent agency of the U.S. government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. Outside of D.C., the GSA isn't well known, but it ought to be popular from coast to coast because it exists primarily to save American taxpayers money.
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Tags: Emissions, Fuel Economy, Hybrid, Legislation, Fuel Economy, General Services Administration, GSA, Hybrids

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Contrary to Media Report, GSA Says It Has Plans to Convert U.S. Fleet to Hybrids was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.