Auditors: Federal Workers Charged Millions
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WASHINGTON — Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners, and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say.
A report by the Government Accountability Office, obtained yesterday by the Associated Press, examined spending controls across the federal government following reports of credit-card abuse at departments including Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs.
