Charge cards issued to government employees have been flagged by federal auditors for a variety of flaws, according to Blacklock\u0027s Reporter.
“In some cases for acquisition cards and contracting it could not be determined whether the expense was approved prior to the expense being incurred or prior to the signing of the contract as the approval was not dated,” said a Core Control Audit. “In all instances for acquisition cards, no documentation was on file to demonstrate commitments were recorded at the value expected to be incurred.”
According to Blacklock’s, 2,000 cards were issued at the time to employees who received mandatory training. The number of issued cards has since is now at more than 35,000 with numerous audits identifying irregularities.Article contentRefugee Board auditors found instances where card applications were not signed and transactions billed without managers’ approval.
Separate audits found another federal agency, the National Research Council, ran up more than a tenth of its annual budget using cards including “high risk transactions.” Auditors found cards were shared among co-workers who were not authorized to use them.At the Department of Fisheries, an audit found charge cards were used to ring up $140 million a year in purchases including at least one case of suspected fraud.
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