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B-167790 1 (1973-05-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadnf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L I i - t r7 - i COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES (i~bWAUHI4GT0N. D.Co &Z41 I 7 1-67790 )AY z51913 The Honorable Hovard H. Callaay The Secretary of the Army Dear itt. Secretary: Reference to made to letter DAE-CCC, dated larch ?3, 1973, from the General Counsel, Office of the Chief of Eaginuera, requesting authorization to pay .euffel and Esser Ccwapny/Cooper-Trant Operation (Cooper-Trent) the sun of $65,577 for the printing of 60,00U copies of the brochure Agnes. As a result of tropical storm Agnes, a declslon was nade by tin U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had performed a large portion of the clean-up and restoration work in the stormts aftermath, to publish a brochure shoving the loaeme caused by the ator. The Corps reports thlat in the hante, to have this information disseminated as quickly as possible to the public, an employee vithout contracting autbority, orally contracted vith Cooper/Trent for'the printing of 60,000 copies of Agne. The permission of the Joint Covmnittee on Printing va not obtained as required by section 504, title 44p United States Code, to have vsuch work done by other than the Government Priuting Office. Our Office has conticted the Joint Conittee to ascertain if a waiver vould have been granted had the matter buen presented to it In a timely manner. In responae to our inquiry, the Comittee forwarded to our Office a copy of a memorandum which the Committee had vent to the Departmoent of the Army concerning the Agnes brochure. Thy pertinent portion, of the memorandum reads as follows: a It is the policy of the Public Printer not to issue retroa.tive vaivers. lhowever, since the action van preclpitated by tht devaetatin; effect of the hurricane and the need for furnish- Ing Imediately helpful inforntion to the public, a waiver probably vould havtt been Issued by this Office, vith the proper juntification furnished. Therefore, we recovnend payment of this bill, and that all conceraed consider thin letter in lieu of or the equivalent of a wiver. tX f 4 L %i

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