Download or read book DOD travel cards control weaknesses led to millions of dollars wasted on unused airline tickets report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DOD Travel Cards written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report reviews centrally billed accounts to determine whether, and to what extent, airline tickets purchased were still unused and not refunded, and whether DOD's internal controls provided reasonable assurance that all unused tickets were identified and submitted for refunds.
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Download or read book DOD Travel Cards written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DOD Travel Cards written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ineffective management and oversight of the Department of Defense's (DOD) premium class travel and unused airline tickets led to concerns about DOD's overall management of the centrally billed accounts. GAO was asked to determine whether (1) DOD improperly reimbursed travelers for airline tickets DOD paid for using centrally billed accounts, (2) internal controls were effective in preventing issuance of unauthorized airline tickets, and (3) other control weaknesses led to compromised and fraudulently used centrally billed accounts. A weak control environment and breakdowns in key controls over centrally billed accounts resulted in DOD paying travelers for airline tickets they did not purchase, issuing and paying for unauthorized airline tickets, and paying for goods and services obtained with compromised centrally billed accounts. Based on mining of limited fiscal year 2001 and 2002 data provided by the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, GAO identified about 27,000 transactions totaling more than $8 million in which DOD potentially reimbursed travelers for airline tickets paid for by DOD--not the travelers. Requesting reimbursement for items that the traveler knowingly did not pay for may be a crime that could result in imprisonment or a monetary fine, or both. GAO's subsequent tests of a nonrepresentative selection of 124 individuals who submitted 204 of these 27,000 transactions confirmed that DOD improperly paid 91 individuals almost $98,000 for 123 airline tickets DOD purchased with centrally billed accounts. Only 4 travelers voluntarily reimbursed DOD prior to GAO initiating the audit, even though typically, more than a year had passed since the improper payments. Several travelers submitted multiple claims for airline tickets they did not purchase, which could indicate intent to defraud the government. In 2003, the Air Force Audit Agency reported that this same problem existed at the Air Force and estimated that, if not corrected, this problem will cost the Air Force more than $6 million over 6 years. Examples of Potentially Fraudulent Travel Claims Grade/rank Cost Number Nature of cases GS-15 $9,700 13 Traveler claimed he did not notice the additional $9,700 in his bank account. GS-13 3,600 6 Traveler continued to submit false claims after DOD told the traveler to stop requesting reimbursement for airline tickets purchased with centrally billed accounts. The traveler also rented luxury vehicles--such as a Mercedes Benz--while on government travel and approved his own travel vouchers. E-9 1,400 2 Traveler told us he knew of the improper payment, but he was waiting for DOD to request repayment. Source: GAO review of DOD travel data. GAO also determined that key internal controls did not provide DOD reasonable assurance that (1) airline tickets purchased and paid for with the centrally billed accounts were based on valid travel orders and (2) centrally billed account numbers were adequately protected against unauthorized use. To demonstrate weaknesses in DOD's system of internal controls, GAO submitted a fictitious travel order to a commercial travel office to obtain an airline ticket from Washington, D.C., to Atlanta, Ga. DOD issued GAO the airline ticket, established an obligation, and paid for the ticket without detecting the fictitious nature of the request. GAO also found instances where a lack of physical safeguards resulted in the centrally billed account numbers being stolen and used for personal gain. One DOD traveler stole a centrally billed account number to purchase over 70 airline tickets totaling more than $60,000, which he sold at a discounted rate to coworkers and their family members for personal travel. Because DOD disputed those fraudulent charges, DOD did not pay for those tickets. However, not all DOD units dispute unauthorized charges. As a result, DOD is vulnerable to paying for fraudulent charges on compromised centrally billed accounts.
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Led to Millions of Dollars Wasted on Unused Airline Tickets
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by Gregory D. Kutz and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ineffective oversight & mgmt. of the Dept. of Defense's (DoD) travel card program have led to concerns about airline tickets that DoD purchased but did not use & for which it did not claim refunds. This report: (1) determines whether, & to what extent, airline tickets purchased through the centrally billed accounts were unused & not refunded & (2) determines whether DoD's internal controls provided reasonable assurance that all unused tickets were identified & submitted for refunds. Includes 20 recommendations to DoD. Also includes 23 pages of testimony before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, by the authors, Gregory Kutz, Dir., Financial Mgmt. & Assurance, & John Ryan, Assist. Dir., Office of Special Investigations, GAO.
Download or read book Gao 04 398 Dod Travel Cards written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-04-398 DOD Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Led to Millions of Dollars Wasted on Unused Airline Tickets
Download or read book Going Nowhere written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by Gregory D. Kutz and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ineffective management and oversight of the DoD's premium class travel and unused airline tickets (AT) led to concerns about DoD's overall management of the centrally billed accounts. This report determines whether: (1) DoD improperly reimbursed travelers for AT that DoD paid for using centrally billed accounts; (2) internal controls were effective in preventing issuance of unauthorized AT; and (3) other control weaknesses led to compromised and fraudulently used centrally billed accounts. To prevent DoD from paying for AT twice, this report recommends that DoD evaluate the feasibility of requiring DoD personnel to use individually billed travel cards to purchase AT. Also includes testimony by Gregory Kutz and John Ryan, GAO. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Download or read book Travel cards control weaknesses leave Navy vulnerable to fraud and abuse report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DOD Business Transformation written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travel Cards written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Resulted in Millions of Dollars of Improper Payments
Download or read book Defense Travel System Overview of Prior Reported Challenges Faced by DoD in Implementation and Utilization written by McCoy Williams and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1995, the DoD began an effort to implement a standard departmentwide travel system, the Defense Travel System (DTS). This testimony focuses on prior reporting concerning: (1) the lack of quantitative metrics to measure the extent to which DTS is actually being used; (2) weaknesses with DTS¿s requirements mgmt. and system testing; and (3) two key assumptions related to the estimated cost savings in the Sept. 2003 DTS economic analysis were not reasonable. Also highlights actions that DoD could explore to help streamline its administrative travel processes such as using a commercial database to identify unused airline tickets. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Dod Travel Cards written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD Travel Cards: Control Weaknesses Led to Millions in Fraud, Waste, and Improper Payments
