Controls Over Purchase Card Facility Repairs

The U.S. Postal Service uses expense purchase cards, which allow Facility and Architect Engineers, also known as project managers (PM), to make local purchases for operational needs. During fiscal years 2021 to 2023, the Postal Service paid approximately $257.6 million in expense purchase card payments to vendors. To support the investment associated with the Postal Service’s facilities modernization efforts, the Postal Service increased the purchase card spending threshold from $10,000 to $25,000 in April 2024. Maintaining effective controls is critical to ensuring expense purchase card transactions are valid and authorized.