That's the part that makes me sick. All those fed employees with their own personal credit card. Obviously, they're not required to get preapproval before charging $1000+. Whatever they can self-justify...just charge it.
The total charge [for Geeks on Call] was $1,149, paid with an agency credit card, the receipt shows.That's the part that makes me sick. All those fed employees with their own personal credit card. Obviously, they're not required to get preapproval before charging $1000+. Whatever they can self-justify...just charge it.
I share your outrage. The phrase in the article, "Bypassing his agency's computer technicians," leads me to believe that he bypassed support that our tax dollars had already paid for. So we got billed twice. Hope the IG spanks him big time, perhaps fired for cause and fined...
They’re not personal credit cards per se, even though many federal employees illegally use them that way, but agency credit cards, which have become a standard way of handling small scale business transactions (such as basic office services and travel) without having to jump through the whole contracting nine-ring circus to just get a copier machine fixed.
Wouldn’t it have been cheaper for him to buy a new laptop?