GAO Examines Agencies' Mobile Device Spending Practices
Some government agencies need “to better control mobile device spending,” GAO recommended in a 96-page report released Thursday. It examined the practices of 15 agencies on this front and urged them to “take actions to improve their inventories and control…
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processes and that OMB measure and report progress in achieving mobile cost savings.” The agencies, with the exception of the Department of Defense, agreed or didn’t comment, GAO said. GAO directed the report to the bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight Government Operations Subcommittee. “Regarding monthly mobile service costs, according to reports to OMB that GAO reviewed, agencies paid a range of rates per line for various service combinations, from $21 for 200 voice minutes, unlimited data, and 200 text messages, to $122 for unlimited voice, data, and text messages,” GAO said. “Agencies also paid different rates for the same bundle of services.” The Commerce Department was one of the entities reviewed and called the report “fair and thorough” in its assessment.