Having worked around the gov’t for most of my life....I can say this...no one really wants to be the government-purchase-card (GPC) holder. It detracts from your regular job, and can consume twenty to forty hours a month in record-keeping (if you did what you were supposed to do). About every six to twelve months....someone does an audit over one item purchased and you have to pull this record out and worry that some audit will note issues with the purchase. All of your actions rate against your yearly performance.
Finally, I can say this over the past decade of observing people with the cards....about a ten percent of them should have taken a psychological test because they just weren’t competent to handle it. If you aren’t detail orientated or honest about the use of it....you’ve got issues waiting for an audit.
Audits mean nothing if there isn’t any punishment. That’s why they do it.