IMO no government employee should have a credit card for any reason unless it is in their own name, billed directly to them and based on their own credit. If they had to use their own resources and then wait for reimbursement after submitting adequate documentation, some of this would stop.
I also do not think any government employee should be able to accumulate frequent flier miles when they are on government business. Our Rep flies back and forth from DC to Houston every week. He has enough miles accumulated at taxpayer expense to be able to take his family flying most anywhere they want for the next ten years.
If they are going to allow the ff miles then the value of their air travel should be taxed as income. Let them take their pick.
You bet it would.
I don't know how it works in the Government, but my company credit card is like that, only when I fill out an expense report any claims that are billed to the credit card are paid directly to the issuer and credited to my account. The company has access to the records on this credit card, and I agree to only use it for business expenses. All meals, airline and hotel expenses *must* be billed to the credit card. The credit card is linked electronically to our travel expense reporting system, which is a great simplification. It makes sense, and is actually results in less paperwork, and *lower* costs. I much prefer it to the old way of getting cash advances and keeping envelops full of receipts.