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Intro -- FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY GOALS -- FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY GOALS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 Federal energy Management Agencies are Acquiring Alternative Fuel Vehicles but Face Challenges in Meeting Other Fleet Objectives( -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Recommends -- What GAO Found -- Results in Brief -- Conclusions -- Recommendations for Executive Action -- Matter for Congressional Consideration -- Appendix I -- Background -- Establishment of Federal Fleet Energy Objectives -- Fleet Performance FY 2007 -- Federal Agencies Had Mixed Results in Meeting the Energy Objectives for the Federal Fleet in 2007 -- Most Agencies Met the AFV Acquisition Requirement but Received Credit For AFVs That Were Not Subject to the Requirement -- DOE and Agencies Did Not Report on Agencies' Compliance with Alternative-Fuel-Only Fueling Requirement for 2007 -- However, Our Analysis Indicates That Agencies Did Not Meet the Requirement -- Over Half of the Agencies Reported Meeting the Goal of Increasing Their Use of Alternative Fuel by 10 Percent, but Data Are Unreliable -- Two-Thirds of the Agencies Reported Meeting the Petroleum Reduction Goal, but the Data Are Unreliable -- Because of the Lack of Availability, No Agency Met the Goal to Acquire Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles -- Projected Performance -- Agencies Will Likely Face Challenges in Meeting All but One of the Fleet Objectives -- Agencies Will Likely Continue to Meet AFV Acquisition Requirement in the Future -- Insufficient Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Will Likely Hinder Agencies' Ability to Fuel AFVs Exclusively with Alternative Fuel -- Insufficient Infrastructure Will Also Likely Hinder Agencies from Increasing Their Use of Alternative Fuel by 10 Percent Annually.

A recent shift in the federal government-higher education relationship is examined. The following reasons are offered for higher education's refusal to more vigorously resist federal encroachment on its autonomy: (1) its attention was focused on the wrong kind of threat; (2) federal involvement was useful for solving campus problems & often was consistent with academic objectives & values; (3) the rise of public institutions altered the receptivity of higher education to accepting federal funds & pursuing direct solutions to society's problems; & (4) aloofness from partisan politics kept higher education from vigorously defending its own interests. The following future alternatives are delineated: (A) a reorganization of higher education to make it a clear, systematic agent of national policy, or (B) a successful effort by higher education to convert itself into an effective national interest group. Modified HA.