Your Last Amazon Business Order May Have Cost the Taxpayers 17 Percent More Than It Should Have. Here’s the Proof.
Bruno Gutierrez2026-07-07T16:41:24-07:00You've got a stack of P-card statements from last quarter, a purchase order to sign, and no real way to know if the price on that order was fair. You assumed Amazon was the safe default. Lowest price, one-click ordering, nothing to explain to the board. A new national report says that assumption is costing your agency real money, and it's not a small difference. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance spent months pulling purchasing records from 128 cities, counties, and [...]
