As required by the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Charge Card Act), we performed a review to analyze the risk of illegal, improper, and erroneous purchases and payments made through the Department’s purchase card program, and to use the results to determine the scope, frequency, and number of periodic audits of purchase card transactions to perform in the future.
We assessed the Department’s risk as moderate-high and determined that an audit or review of the program by OIG may be warranted, as we found weaknesses in the Department’s monitoring activities that were not found in previous risk assessments, noted turnover of key staff involved with the program, and encountered significant and recurring delays receiving responses to our requests for information.
We suggested that the Department ensure that applicable Contracts and Acquisitions Management Division staff are fully aware of purchase card program requirements and that an appropriate level of monitoring is performed and documented, consistent with the processes noted in the Purchase Card Management Plan, to help detect and prevent unauthorized use of purchase cards.
Not applicable
See other OIG reports on purchase cards.