An inside look at the federal SmartPay program

Amtower Off-Center

An inside look at the federal SmartPay program

David Shea, director of the Office of Charge Card Management at the General Services Administration joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to...

Mark Amtower

March 15, 2023 7:56 am

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David Shea, director of the General Services Administration’s Office of Charge Card Management joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a deep dive in the federal SmartPay™ program.

Topics discussed include:

SmartPay’s 25th anniversary, including the original micro-purchase threshold and how the program has grown
Total spend across all three categories (Purchase, Travel and Fleet) and the number of cardholders for each category, and the top five agencies (spending-wise) for each category
David Shea with host Mark Amtower
The training programs behind card use
The GSA Commercial Platform leveraging Amazon Business, Fischer Scientific and Overstock.gov
The soon to be initiated program for Section 889 where contractors have to certify that they are not using technology that is banned