Summary
Homeland Security officials charged taxpayers for a shopping spree after hurricanes ravaged the Gulf Coast, spending tens of thousands of dollars for items such as a beer-brewing kit, dog booties and a 63-inch plasma television set.
The purchases were made using government credit cards with a congressionally approved spending limit of $250,000 that the Government Accountability Office said resulted in numerous cases of fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.See the full content of this document
Extract
Federal Purchase Cards Abused, Gao Says
Bureaucratic bickering within the department has postponed the implementation of a purchase card policy that dictates how, where and on what employees can spend...
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