The statement reads:
The United States Government spends too much money on programs, contracts, and grants that do not promote the interests of the American people.
For too long, taxpayers have subsidized ideological projects overseas and domestic organizations engaged in actions that undermine the national interest.
The American people have seen their tax dollars used to fund the passion projects of unelected bureaucrats rather than to advance the national interest. The American people have a right to see how the Federal Government has wasted their hard-earned wages.
I therefore direct the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate actions to make public, to the maximum extent permitted by law and as the heads of agencies deem appropriate to promote the policies of my Administration, the complete details of every terminated program, cancelled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of Federal funds.
Agencies shall ensure that such publication occurs in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the underlying contract, grant, or other award.
Why wouldn’t the agencies use credit cards?
As a bureaucrat in the Department of Defense, I was required to use an official credit card for travel expenses.
The credit card made it easy for the people checking the expenses to know what was spent for what. The government got a better deal on fees than what I could get as an individual.
Government credit cards, probably financed best hotels, finest restaurants, and personal purchases.
I knew a Ford executive with a credit card expense account who would take some friends out for happy hour on Fridays. When it came time to leave, he would look at the bill, tell everyone what they owed, collect their cash then pay the bill with the Ford issued credit card and pocketed the cash.
An average of $10k per card.
The government wants to prohibit the purchase of unhealthy food on welfare cards. I’ve had some renters who make their living by buying the most expensive meat and reselling it at cents on the dollar. Prohibit THAT!
Speaking of unhealthy. I had a renter who had not consumed solid food of any type for months. She drank beer and smoked cigarettes. Twinkies would have been a major step up. She looked like a tattooed zombie.
At least with credit cards, purchases can be identified — for the most part.
Cancel every one of them immediately, then reissue to only those that are absolutely necessary and only for a set time, like 12 months.........................
I always wondered who was making those Fans Only models so rich.
City managers and their employees have been robbing us blind with credit cards for years...
Nothing to get excited about. I deal with the DoD and when they make micro purchases ($10K or less) they can use a GPC credit card. Saves a ton of time and money without dealing with contracting.
Press Release: Audit of the DoD Government Travel Charge Card Program: The Visa IntelliLink Compliance Management System (DODIG-2025-060)
Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of the DoD Government Travel Charge Card Program: The Visa IntelliLink Compliance Management System.”
The DoD OIG found that the DoD’s Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) program officials did not effectively use policies, procedures, or the Visa IntelliLink Compliance Management data mining system (VICM system) to identify misuse, abuse, or potential fraud. The Defense Travel Management Office’s (DTMO) implementation and management of the VICM system limited the system’s effectiveness in identifying and assisting reviewers in investigating high-risk GTCC transactions where misuse, abuse, and fraud were more likely. The DoD OIG found that DoD GTCC program officials did not review for misuse, abuse, or potential fraud:
> at least 11,000 transactions totaling over $500,000 made at casino ATMs, a mobile applications store, or bars and nightclubs during holidays or some sporting events.
> nearly 4 million transactions, totaling $1.2 billion, because the responsible officials did not have access to the VICMI.
“Until the Government Travel Charge Card program is compliant with regulations and the DoD implements an effective oversight process, there will be missed opportunities to identify and mitigate misuse, abuse, and potential fraud,” said IG Storch. “The DoD must take steps to ensure adherence to internal controls to be a good steward of taxpayer dollars.”