Use of the International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
Abstract
The Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics) and the Program Manager, DoD Purchase Card Program Management Office, requested the audit to identify impediments to use of the International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card for purchases of supplies and services. The International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card is a Government-wide commercial credit card used to purchase supplies and services valued at or below the $2,500 micro-purchase threshold. The purchase card provides a less costly and more efficient way for end-user organizations to buy goods and services directly from vendors instead of processing request through Government procurement offices. A DoD acquisition goal is to use the International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card for 90 percent of micro-purchases by the year 2000. The audit objective was to evaluate the use of the purchase card for payments of purchases below the micro-purchase threshold. Specifically, we evaluated payments of $2,500 and less made by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to identify impediments to the use of the purchase card for micro-purchases.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 12, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA367054
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense