Download or read book GOVERNMENT PURCHASE CARDS: Control Weaknesses Expose Agencies to Fraud and Abuse written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am pleased to be here today to provide an overview of our reviews of the government purchase card programs at two federal agencies and how the control weaknesses we have identified made these agencies vulnerable to improper or questionable purchases. At the outset, I want to make clear our support in concept for the purchase card program. The use of purchase cards has dramatically increased in past years as agencies have sought to eliminate the bureaucracy and paperwork long associated with making small purchases. The benefits of using purchase cards are lower costs and less red tape for both the government and the vendor community.