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Magazines and news media will suffer most. SaaS / B2B contracts larger than a certain amount won't be on employee credit cards.
by factorialboy 2y ago
Magazines and news media will suffer most. SaaS / B2B contracts larger than a certain amount won't be on employee credit cards.
- iAMkenough 2y agoHow do you figure? Is this conjecture based on the propaganda out of DOGE? The media spend they're purporting are also over that certain amount.
- factorialboy 2y agoNo. Employee cards are not used for significant purchases. They are for employee expenses.
- alaithea 2y agoNot exactly. They can be and are often used for larger provisional purchases. For example, when we wanted to get Slack or any SaaS, it was put on a charge card so we could start using it quickly, but that would start the clock ticking on an official procurement, which entailed legal and security reviews, etc.
- factorialboy 2y agoExactly my point. Serious pubsec procurement is not done on employee cards.
- iAMkenough 2y agoThat is incorrect. They are for business expenses, like buying gas to fill your company car while traveling.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoUsing cards is the preferred procurement method for expenses under the $10k threshold. I suspect that covers a lot more than magazines and news.
- factorialboy 2y agoNot employee cards
- AlotOfReading 2y agoThe article directly states that this applies to the GSA smartpay cards. Those are limited to approved purchases under the micro procurement threshold under GSA directives.
- factorialboy 2y agoExactly my point. Micro-Purchases.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoThe micro threshold is $10k, as I said earlier.
- factorialboy 2y agoYes, I get that. You may be underestimating the size of typical PubSec deals.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoI'm not talking about the multibillion dollar agency deals, I'm talking about day to day procurement like equipment, printing costs, office supplies, etc. You know, the routine purchases that keep the government running.
- heylook 2y agoOrrrrrrr you misunderstood and have been doubling down repeatedly when the real numbers are literally on the same screen as your comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43121043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43121043 >>>>>>>>> Guess what? You can see all this information, because of government transparency (not DOGE): https://smartpay.gsa.gov/about/statistics/ https://smartpay.gsa.gov/about/statistics/ >> GSA SmartPay statistics for fiscal year 2024: $39.7 billion in total program spend. $506 million in refunds earned by agencies/organizations. $441 was spent on average for each transaction.