Download or read book Acquisition Controls Over the DoD Purchase Card Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Government-wide purchase card contract was awarded by the General Services Administration in 1989 and DoD entered the program at that time. On October 13, 1994, the President of the United States issued Executive Order 12931 to increase the use of purchase cards for actions under $2,500. Purchases under $2,500 were chosen partly because these types of buys were generally less complex and did not require extensive procurement knowledge; and goods were often available for immediate delivery. Between FY 1996 and FY 2001, over 300 audit reports identified a wide range of implementation problems in the DoD Purchase Card Program. Nevertheless, the program remained an important part of DoD acquisition streamlining efforts.
Download or read book Acquisition written by United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VHA Purchase Cards written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VHA purchase cards internal controls over the purchase card program need improvement report to the Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Veterans Affairs House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Government Purchase Cards written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight and Management of the Government Purchase Card Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acquisition Controls Over Purchase Cards at Naval Medical Center San Diego written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is one in a series of reports that satisfies the requirements in section 1007, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003," for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to perform periodic audits of purchase card programs. The purchase card is a Government-wide commercial charge card available to offices and organizations for the purchase of goods and services. The implementation of purchase card programs in DoD is intended to be a cost-saving business initiative that reforms processes and improves mission effectiveness.
Download or read book Contract Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Purchase Cards written by Gregory D. Kutz and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DoD is promoting departmentwide use of purchase cards (PC) for obtaining goods and services. PC are used exclusively for gov't.-related purchases; transactions include acquisitions at or below the $2,500 threshold, commercial training request valued at or below $25,000, and payments on contracts. The benefits of using PC are lower transaction processing costs and less "red tape" for both the gov't. and vendors. This audit of the Army's PC program addresses whether: the Army's overall control environ. and mgmt. of the PC program were effective, the Army's internal control activities operated effectively and provide reasonable assurance that PC were used appropriately, and indications existed of fraudulent, improper, and questionable transactions. Ill.
Download or read book Acquisition DoD Purchase Card Convenience Checks written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This audit report is one in a series of reports that documents satisfaction of the requirements in section 1007 of the FY 2003 National Defense Authorization Act that the Department of Defense Inspector General perform periodic audits of purchase card usage. The Government-wide commercial purchase card program was created to provide an efficient means for Government agencies to purchase goods and services directly from vendors. In FY 2003, $7.1 billion in goods and services was purchased using the purchase card program. During the first 6 months of FY 2003, about $34 million in goods and services was purchased using convenience checks.
Download or read book Acquisition Reform written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed federal agencies' progress in using purchase cards, focusing: (1) the extent to which card use has led to administrative savings or other benefits; (2) the potential for growth in card use; (3) agencies' management controls; and (4) opportunities to improve agencies' purchase card programs. GAO found that: (1) the use of purchase cards for small purchases can reduce agencies' mission support, labor, and payment processing costs 50 percent by moving simple purchases from procurement offices to program offices and consolidating payments; (2) some agencies have found that purchase card use has helped them absorb the impact of administrative staff reductions and improve service delivery; (3) although the use of purchase cards has increased since 1990, there is potential for greater card use; (4) in fiscal year 1995, the average purchase card transaction was $375, well below the micropurchase threshold of $2,500; (5) there is no evidence of increased abusive use of purchase cards despite tremendous growth in the purchase card program; (6) electronic records of all purchase card transactions allow close and detailed monitoring of card use; (7) agencies' management controls are adequate to protect the government's interest and agencies are addressing control weaknesses and failures to follow proper procurement procedures; (8) most agencies are trying to improve their card programs by emphasizing card use, reengineering their processes, and increasing their use of automation; and (9) opportunities to improve the card program include revising the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address card use more thoroughly and establishing a mechanism so agencies can share their innovations and experiences.
Download or read book Purchase Cards written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Purchase Cards written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Health Administration written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has continued to identify significant vulnerabilities in the department's use of government purchase cards. Over the years, the OIG has identified internal control weaknesses that resulted in instances of fraud and numerous improper and questionable uses of purchase cards. The OIG has made a number of recommendations for corrective action. Given that VA is the second largest user of the governmentwide purchase card program, with reported purchases totaling $1.5 billion for fiscal year 2002, and because of the program weaknesses reported by the OIG, GAO was asked to determine whether existing controls at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) were designed to provide reasonable assurance that improper purchases would be prevented or detected in the normal course of business, purchase card and convenience check expenditures were made in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and purchases were made for a reasonable cost and a valid government need. GAO's report on this issue, released concurrently with this testimony, makes 36 recommendations to strengthen internal controls and compliance in VHA's purchase card program to reduce its vulnerability to improper, wasteful, and questionable purchases.
Download or read book Acquisition Controls for the DoD Aviation Into Plane Reimbursement Card written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Office of the Secretary of Defense issued a memorandum% regarding the Department of Defense Charge Card Programs on June 21, 2002. That memorandum discusses the fraud and misuse of Government cards. The memorandum directs that all DoD Components provide the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) a report of actions taken that resolve the current cases of charge card misuse, abuse, and delinquencies and preclude future cases from occurring. Further, the memorandum requests that the Inspector General of the Department of Defense coordinate audits and investigations of charge card programs to ensure fraudulent and inappropriate activities are addressed. The DoD Charge Card Task Force, formed in March 2002 by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), issued a report on June 27, 2002, regarding its evaluation of the credit card programs and offering 25 recommendations for improvement of the programs. The Government Aviation Into-Plane Reimbursement Card is a commercially accepted credit card that DoD uses to purchase aviation fuel, fuel-related supplies, and ground handling services from commercial airport Fixed Base Operators. Kropp Holdings, Incorporated, doing business as AVCARD, is the credit card processor under contract for the Aviation Into-Plane Reimbursement- Card. The Aviation Into-Plane Reimbursement Card is accepted at Defense Energy Support Center into-plane contract locations and locations that do not have a contract with the Defense Energy Support Center. The Defense Energy Support Center negotiates and manages the Aviation Into-Plane Reimbursement Card contract as well as implements future changes of the transaction processing procedures. In FY 2001 the card was used to make $222 million in purchases.
