Agencies across the federal government have essentially frozen 200,000 purchase and travel cards, according to GSA, which is coordinating this work.

The ease of carrying a card instead of cash has revolutionized global commerce, making transactions seamless and efficient. Within this framework, the Golden State Advantage (GSA) card has gained ...

The cost-cutting spree has hampered workers’ ability to buy office or lab supplies, access legal filings, or travel for work.

Department of Veterans Affairs employees' procurement credit cards are used to buy medical supplies and provide other important services to veterans.

The cost-cutting program, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has pledged to “simplify” the federal government’s credit card program, which is managed by the General Services Administration (GSA).

The Department of Government Efficiency this week shared its progress in auditing roughly 4.6 million government credit cards. It has completed audits of the Office of Personnel Management and ...

Those purchases aren't done in a vacuum, where the employee just says, ‘I need to buy pencils.’ The fraud is very low," said Shauna Weatherly.

On Feb. 21, 2025, the GSA released a statement that said the agency "asked 15 other agency leaders to reduce their agency charge card limits, and the number and usage of cards." The GSA also set a ...

“Effective immediately, all GSA SmartPay Travel and Purchase Cards issued to GSA employees and contractors are being paused and will not be available for use except in very limited circumstances ...

Since 1998, the GSA has managed the program, which issues credit cards linked to major banks to millions of employees at more than 250 federal agencies and Native American tribal governments.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) estimated Wednesday it had shut down around 146,000 unneeded credit cards amid ...