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May 20, 2013 By AMK

Commerce employees made improper purchases with Pcards, IG report says

Commerce Department employees in 2011 made improper transactions with  department purchase cards that included transactions that exceeded the card  holders limit, a May 2, 2013 Commerce Department Inspector General report says.

In fiscal 2011, Commerce staff used 4,515 purchase cards for 265,423  transactions, spending $118,628,549, the report says.

Errors included incomplete and mission documentation of transactions, lack of  evidence of available funds and legitimate government need and lack of vendor  invoices and payment receipts, the report says.

There were procedural errors as well. Cardholders inappropriately paid state and  local sales tax, did not pay invoices within 30 days and faxed purchase card  information, the report says. Commerce improperly paid about $292,619 in state  and local taxes, the report says.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/commerce-employees-made-improper-purchases-agency-cards-report-says/2013-05-14?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal 

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Census Bureau, Commerce Dept., NOAA, Pcard

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