LESSON ONE - Lesson 1 - DoD Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card Overview

Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) The appointed individual responsible for management and oversight of the GPC Program. Approving/Billing Official (A/BO) The appointed individual responsible for reviewing the transactions of no more than seven cardholder accounts. Each A/BO is associated with a Managing Account (MA), also called a Billing Account. This individual may also be called the Approving Official or the Billing Official. Most DoD A/BOs are also appointed as the Certifying Officer. Cardholder (CH) The individual delegated procurement authority to use a GPC account to make purchases and payments. This term includes also individuals issued convenience check accounts or GPC "cardless" accounts. Cardless account holders are not issued a plastic card, but are simply provided an account number. Certifying Officer The appointed individual responsible for certifying the MA billing statement (also