There has been increasing number of reports on the misuse of state credit cards. The state auditors found such a thing happening irrespective of the fact that there are a lot of regulations regarding the use of the card. The Oklahoma Department of Central Services has 33 pages of rules, forms and procedures. These have to be taken care of when a state employee uses a state credit card.
As per Gerry Smedley, the spokeswoman for the department the controls for the program are in place. The problem that exists now is making the employees familiar with the procedures so that they do not make mistakes. Before a state employee gets a credit card he has to undergo training. As per the audits the basic rules that were designed to prevent abuse have not been followed. Smedley says that in spite of the problems indicated by the audit, the state agencies still do not like to do away with the credit card program. Well I guess it is time that the department looked seriously into the matter.
