Card hits government’s throughput target early
3 April 2012
The UK government’s purchasing card has surpassed its £150 million throughput for low-value high-volume goods three months before the November target.
Around £10 million is now going through the card each month,” said Michael Killin, the recently appointed Office of Government Commerce (OGC) assistant director, e-commerce.
The card was introduced in 1997 to get control over low-value, high-volume transactions in all government departments and agencies. The target is to have £300 million worth of goods put...