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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Number of cards in use: 20; total issued: not disclosed.
Credit limit: $250,000; $500,000 for two employees.
Purchases: Roughly $17 million as of Nov. 13.
Miscellaneous items: $66,632.37, Wal-Mart, for purchases including six pairs of scissors, 12 flashlights, 252 bottles of liquid bleach, six nail clippers, six compasses and Germ-X hand sanitizer; $36,800, expenses at the Marriott in Jackson, Miss.
Most expensive: Nearly $1.5 million, Medtronic in Redmond, Wash., for 50 automatic heart defibrillators.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Number of cards in use, total issued: Not disclosed.
Credit limit: $250,000.
Purchases: Selected purchases of $953,680 as of Nov. 17.
Miscellaneous items: $1,412.85, black leather manager's chair (no quantity listed), OfficeMax; $464.95, plastic leggings for snake protection; $450.86, power shredder, OfficeMax; $14,864.38, New Orleans city maps, Fox River Graphics; deluxe stapler and staples (no quantity listed), $166.05, Office Depot; five-button optical mouse (no quantity listed), $348.21, OfficeMax.
Most expensive: $140,215, Austin Welder & Generator, emergency power.
SOURCES: Associated Press/government agencies
