Footnote: Who gets state-issued credit cards and what policies govern their use?

Question: Records released last month show Roberta Lund was fired from her job at the state Department of Natural Resources in July after she charged a trip to Las Vegas and other personnel expenses to her state-issued credit card. Who gets the cards and what policies are in place regarding their use? Answer: As of March 31, state agencies and the University of Wisconsin System held 19,932 state credit cards â?? or “purchasing cards,” as they call them â?? according to Department of Administration spokeswoman Carla Vigue. The cards were used to make some $161.7 million in purchases in 2008, with 73.7 percent of those by UW institutions.