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DOC OIG: Internal Controls for Purchase Card Transactions Need to Be Strengthened 

May 1, 2015

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.

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