Contract Management: Government Faces Challenges in Gathering Socioeconomic Data on Purchase Card Merchants

[摘要] A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Government purchase cards have streamlined the process of acquiring goods and services by allowing employees to purchase directly from merchants rather than going through the regular procurement process. The government spent $13.8 billion using purchase cards in fiscal year 2001. However, the government does not know how purchase card spending impacts small businesses and other socioeconomic categories, such as woman-owned small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses. Because of these uncertainties, the General Services Administration (GSA), which administers the purchase card program, has begun to collect socioeconomic data on merchants doing business with the federal government through purchase cards. This report assesses GSA's efforts and identifies the challenges to collecting and reporting this data."

[发布日期] 2002-12-13 [发布机构] United States. General Accounting Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;government operations;auditing and financial management;contract management;letter report