After reports indicating federal employees are improperly using government credit cards to buy unauthorized gym memberships and gift cards, and even to get their hair done, two House members have asked the Government Accountability Office to audit the way these cards are used.
Reps. John Mica (R-Fla.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) asked GAO on Wednesday to update its 2008 audit, which found millions of dollars worth of fraudulent spending by federal employees, and called on federal agencies to tighten up those rules.
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Job Corps is a training program for at-risk youth, and it provides these students with pre-paid cards for certain expenses. But in the last few years, investigators have found examples of people using cards for personal uses like hair salons, clothing stores and even buying tickets and other products online.
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Reps. John Mica (R-Fla.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) asked GAO on Wednesday to update its 2008 audit, which found millions of dollars worth of fraudulent spending by federal employees, and called on federal agencies to tighten up those rules.
Read the whole thing but this paragraph jumped out at me...
Job Corps is a training program for at-risk youth, and it provides these students with pre-paid cards for certain expenses. But in the last few years, investigators have found examples of people using cards for personal uses like hair salons, clothing stores and even buying tickets and other products online.
Read the whole thing here...
http://bit.ly/ZYtQtt
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