United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-04-11 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-489 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489 P0b002ee18038fefa f:d03489 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489 GAO-03-489 Financial management Fraud Internal controls Credit Credit sales Federal procurement Other Written Product A06643

Due to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) increasing use of purchase cards and the inherent risk associated with their use, Congress asked GAO to audit the purchase card program concentrating on assessing internal controls and determining whether purchases being made are a valid use of government funds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489.pdf GAO-03-489 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-489 Other Written Product GAO-03-489; HUD Purchase Cards: Poor Internal Controls Resulted in Improper and Questionable Purchases; Financial management Fraud Internal controls Credit Credit sales Federal procurement Title 31 Section 3512 Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 3512 31 U.S.C. 720