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In the United States, the processes of government procurement enable federal, state and local government bodies in the country to acquire goods, services (including construction ), and interests in real property. [1] Contracting with the federal government or with state and local public bodies enables interested businesses to become suppliers ...
I. Purpose. This directive describes the U.S. Department of Education (Department) policy for the Government-wide Commercial Purchase Card Program (Purchase Card Program). Procurement reform expanded the use of the Government-Wide Purchase Card (Purchase Card) to take maximum advantage of the micro-purchase authority provided in the Federal ...
The purpose of this report is to inform you of the results of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) risk assessment of the Department of Education’s (Department) Purchase Card Program, as required by the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Charge Card Act), Public Law 112-194. Our objective was to analyze the risk of ...
The NDAA included a bill for the Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act, which was proposed by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tom Carper (D-Delaware), and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in the spending on travel and purchase cards by federal agencies.
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) pronounced A-salt) is known as OASA(ALT).OASA(ALT) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army.
PLG administers the Department's Government purchase card program and coordinates the agency’s electronic commerce activities. PLG is responsible for reviewing CAM solicitations and pre-award contract documents for compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other applicable regulations and statutes.
Purchase Charge Card use as the procurement and payment tool for micro-purchases is defined in FAR 13.2. Micro-purchase means an acquisition of supplies or services in which the aggregate amount does not exceed $3,000, except in the case of construction where the limit is $2,000. The Purchase Charge Card may be used as an ordering and payment ...
of purchase cards. OCFO Contracts and Acquisitions Management (CAM) oversees the purchase card program within the Department. Purchase card spending totaled $3,202,581 in fiscal year (FY) 2016 and $956,157 was spent in the first two quarters of FY 2017. As of the second quarter of FY 2017, there were 87 active purchase card accounts.