Maybe the micro purchase threshold is a little too micro

Most of the purchases the government makes are small. For every aircraft carrier, agencies buy a million printers, desks, airplane tickets. Most of these fall under what’s known as the micro purchase threshold. That threshold stands at $10,000. Emily Murphy has made the case that raising it to $20,000 would save the government tens of millions of dollars, along with some other virtues. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin is Murphy, co-author of an analysis from the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University and former administrator of the General Services Administration.

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