That, to me, suggests two problems. One is that departments of the federal government are not using items to their full lifespan. Even if a particular department doesn't have need for that item, it should be made available to another department. In the event that the sale of an item is deemed to be the most sensible way to go about disposal and there's no other department that would need that particular item, we ought to be getting the actual value of that item. If we are getting the actual market price for these items, then they're not being recorded correctly right now. I suspect it's the other way around, but I'm probably out of time, so I'll leave it at that.
On November 5th, 2018. See this statement in context.