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May 21, 2014 By AMK

DOE paid more for contractor BYOD than if it had issued government phones

The Energy Department ended up paying more to contractors that brought their own mobile devices than it would have if it had paid to given them government devices, an April 15 DOE inspector general report says.

The DOE pays out a stipend to those contractors that use their own devices, but frequently the phones are loaded up with unlimited voice and data plans that end of costing the DOE more than if they’d paid to supply the contractors with government mobile devices, the report says.

DOE could save at least $2.3 million over the next three years if it could better manage the mobile devices used by contractors, the IG says.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercemobilegovernment.com/story/doe-paid-more-contractor-byod-if-it-had-issued-government-phones/2014-04-22

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition strategy, cost and price analysis, DOE, Energy Dept.

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