Audit of Department of State Purchase Card Domestic Use

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration develop and implement a plan to ensure continuous monitoring of purchase card program participants' compliance with purchase card internal controls. This plan should include adequate staffing resources in the Office of the Procurement Executive for monitoring the purchase card program.

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration issue an updated "Worldwide Purchase Card Program Manual" to ensure appropriate use of purchase cards and to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, as required by Appendix B to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-123. The update should include guidance regarding mandatory domestic cardholder use of the Integrated Logistics Management System.