Not only the DoD by a long shot. I remember idly mentioning in a meeting that the same $50 USB thumb drives that we were buying from our vendor could be purchas

Not only the DoD by a long shot. I remember idly mentioning in a meeting that the same $50 USB thumb drives that we were buying from our vendor could be purchased at Office Depot for < $10 and without the paperwork and signoffs of generating a Purchase Order. No one, including the Buyer cared. That was when I learned that buying from an Approved Vendor had nothing to do with what they charged.