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The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 20121 requires the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct periodic assessments of agency purchase and travel card programs that identify and analyze risks of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases and payments for use in determining the scope, frequency, and number of periodic audits of these programs.
To assess risk associated with the purchase card program at the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM),2 OIG reviewed USAGM’s FY 2017 purchase card data and concluded that the risk of illegal, improper, or erroneous use in the USAGM purchase card program is “low.” This conclusion is based on USAGM’s purchase card program size, internal controls, training, previous audits, and OIG Office of Investigations (INV) observations.
On the basis of the results of this assessment, OIG is not recommending that an audit of USAGM’s purchase card program be included in OIG’s FY 2020 work plan. However, OIG encourages USAGM officials to conduct prudent oversight of the purchase card program and ensure that internal controls intended to safeguard taxpayer funds are fully implemented and followed by USAGM purchase card holders.