susictseuno serrata eon Commcame,. Congress of the Ginited States eee —— Bouse of Repcesenatoes <= ‘Washington, BE 20815-1102 September 21,2016 The Honorable Ashton B, Canter Secretary US. Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301-1300 Dear Secretary Cate, ‘Weare writing to express our concer about DoD personne! missing government travel cards and American tx payer dollars. ‘The Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD O16) has invesigated these abuses on ruliple ceasions in recent year. The most ecent vestigation resilled in a report, sued on ‘August 30,2016, in which the DoD OIG found the Department has not done enough o respond to te infnctions The report indngs also suggest the Deparment ll maintains insufficient rocesses to address the rable: inufiient istracion onthe appropriate use ofthe -Fovernment travel ear; improper reimbursements for personal expats anda tepid response from DoD management to correct these issues. Mos. roubling is thal the most recent audit was conducted a respone to & previous report on DaD misuse of government irevel ear elensed in2015, In one year period from July 2013 to June 2014, the inital ait found 4437 transactions toaling $952,258 in which povernment travel cards were likely wed at asinos for persona we Furthermore, the report noted more than 900 instances of card being used at adult entrsinment establishments totaling $96,576, “The most recent report found thatthe DoD has not takes appropiate actions to resolve the ses ‘ighighed by the previous adit. The DoD has nt taken step to ciminate additional nun, iliate eviews for improper payments, o consistently considered the security implication of ‘hemisused travel cards. As a esl, the goverment travel card program remains Wnerable to continued waste and exploitation, “The DoD 1G made a number of recommendations to re-oeus the Deoartments efforts on ieatifjing investigating, and reporting the misuse o abuse of goverment travel ards, ight ‘ofthe Deparment halhearted response to the previous audit, we request a response on hos theDepartment intends to implement the DoD IG's recommendations. We wil cotine io monitor the Deparment’ progress ‘We thank you fr your ateaton oor concerns We welcome further discussion on this sue Seay, ‘UISIGABBARD Sod — Momber of Congress Maer of Congress SK Ha _ PALA. cosAt ALTER BI Mente of Congress ‘Memb of Congress {OULTON ott SINEMA ‘Member of Congress Member of Conpess