The Government Accountability Office contends that the Defense Department needs to take further steps to improve its method of setting the standard price of fuel for purchase by the services ahead of the fiscal year 2017 budget submission. In a report issued Nov. 19 , the GAO reiterates a recommendation it made in July 2014 "that DOD reevaluate its approach for estimating the standard price and document its assumptions, including providing a detailed rationale for how it estimates each component...
