Pursuit's Take
In fiscal year (FY) 2011, Department of Commerce staff used 4,515 pur- chase cards for 265,423 transactions, spending $118,628,549.
OIG found that the documentation that is required before a transaction can be made, such as evidence that funds are available and that a legitimate government need exists, was missing from transaction files, a significant number of transactions did not include documentation that the availability of funds had been verified beforehand, and, for a significant number of transactions, there was no documentation that a legitimate government need existed before the transaction took place.