USPS is still tweaking its travel credit card policy and monitoring…. Let’s recap: In late 2013, the Chairman of the House Committee (hmmm..I wonder who can this be) requested a review from USPS OIG on a whistleblower complaint surrounding travel card misuse. A few months later the conservative paper Washington Times published a story based […]
Effective July 24, bargaining unit employees with government-issued individually billed travel cards will no longer be permitted to use the cards for cash advances. Cash advances are no longer a standard component of travel card programs. The guideline doesn’t affect other card features or employees’ ability to pay for travel-related expenses. The change is being […]
Talk about a domino effect. In late 2013, the Chairman Of the House Committee (hmmm..I wonder who can this be) requested a review from USPS OIG on a whistleblower complaint surrounding travel card misuse. A few months later the conservative paper Washington Times published story based on information from a FOIA request on abuse of […]
This report presents the results of USPS Office Of Inspector General’s review of the Monitoring of Government Travel Card Transactions Background Citibank issues VISA branded SmartPay 2® cards to U.S. Postal Service employees for use on official travel. The Postal Service has travel card coordinators who monitor employee card use to identify transactions that could […]
Officers and Postal Career Executive Services (PCES) employees with government-issued individually billed travel cards no longer can use their cards for cash advances. The new directive went into effect May 2 for PCES employees, and will become effective May 15 for all Executive and Administrative Schedule (EAS) employees.