The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Public Law No. 112‐194) requires all executive branch agencies to establish and maintain safeguards and internal controls for purchase, travel, and centrally billed accounts. The Act reinforced efforts to prevent fraud, waste, and mismanagement of Governmentwide charge card programs.
In addition, the Act requires agency OIGs to conduct periodic risk assessments of agency purchase card, convenience check, and travel card programs to analyze the risk of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases and payments. We use these risk assessments to determine the necessary scope, frequency, and number of audits or reviews that we will perform related to these programs. We are also required to report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on the DOI’s progress in implementing our audit recommendations related to Government charge cards.
At the start of FY 2019, there were no such open OIG recommendations. In FY 2019, we issued two reports with five recommendations each related to internal controls over Government purchase cards. Four of these 10 recommendations were closed prior to the end of FY 2019, leaving 6 open recommendations resolved but not implemented as of the end of FY 2019.