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October 1, 2012 By AMK

Congress clears bill cracking down on purchase card abuse

In the waning hours of its session, Congress on Saturday passed a bill to toughen oversight of agency purchasing cards, codifying new penalties on federal employees who abuse the cards.

The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act resurfaced abruptly, having been introduced in February 2011 by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, long before the Obama administration began its focused effort to cut waste in agency operations. It cleared the House in July with an amendment requiring Senate approval.

“This bill is about accountability,” said Grassley, who worked on the bill with co-sponsors Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine. “The public trust has been violated by abusive use of government charge cards. By putting some common-sense controls into the law, we can make certain the federal bureaucracy improves the way it responsibly manages the use of these cards.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/09/congress-clears-bill-cracking-down-agency-purchasing-card-abuse/58356/?oref=govexec_today_nl.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: abuse, accountability, FAA, Forest Service, fraud, GAO, HUD, Pcard, purchasing card

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