(Place Center) – The American Chamber Surveillance Committee is investigating the federal government’s use of credit and charge card accounts after an examination of the newly founded government’s efficiency ministry revealed that federal bureaucrats have at least 4.6 million load accounts, spending $ 40 billion in the last year.
Legislators are press answers On credit card expenditure for “adult entertainment” as well as games, online dating sites, babysitting, massages and more.
DOGE said earlier this month that it had disabled more than 500,000 accounts for unused or unnecessary costs for federal employees.
Now legislators are calling for an audit of a better federal guard dog.
“With dozens of billions of taxpayers’ funds each year, a complete assessment is necessary to identify systemic risks, eliminate ineffectiveness and restore responsibility for federal payment cards programs,” the republicans of house surveillance said in a letter to the government’s responsibility office.
In some cases, the accounts are not used and are not necessary. In other cases, expenses are questionable.
“This lack of surveillance is also underlined by a recent report from the Dod Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG), which found that 7,805 transactions at” high -risk known merchants “, including casino automatic counters and mobile application stores,” said the letter. “The report also found 3,246 purchases made in” salons, nightclubs, nightclubs and taverns of alcoholic merchants “during the holidays or the main sporting events. We are skeptical that these accusations were for legitimate purposes or at the service of the DOD mission for which the cards were issued. ”
The letter continues a “complete review” from Gao, the last republican effort to increase the efficiency and responsibility of the federal government.
“To better understand the scope of this question and to shed light on potential reforms, we ask GAO a complete revision of the emission and management of government purchasing, travel, fleet and cards and accounts integrated into federal agencies subject to the 1990 law of 1990 of financial agencies (CFO)”, indicates the letter.
The Senate also expressed his interest, Senator Joni Ernst saying: “It’s time to cut the government’s credit cards”.
“At 36 billions of dollars of debt, bureaucrats cannot be allowed to slip and stick taxpayers with the bill,” said Ernst.