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Johana Ayers: DoD makes costly fuel forecasting mistake

As possibly the biggest buyer of fuel in the world, the Defense Department can ill-afford to make mistakes in forecasting prices. If it guesses wrong, it could ...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

November 25, 2015 9:47 am

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Johana Ayers, director of defense capabilities and management issues, GAO

As possibly the biggest buyer of fuel in the world, the Defense Department can ill-afford to make mistakes in forecasting prices. If it guesses wrong, it could face billions in unforeseen costs. But the Government Accountability Office found mistakes can happen. And this one was a doozy. Johana Ayers, GAO's director of defense capabilities and management issues, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.

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