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B-177617 1 (1973-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMTUROURAf GKNERAL OF THE UNITED SrrATI 9 WAMOHGTO4. D.C. 10 0 3-177617 MAY'7 sn 46 The Bonorable Frederick 5. Dent .The Secretary of Commerce Dear Hr. Secretarys By letter dated December 0, 1972, your ActIng Assistant Scretary for Adminitration requested our opinion as to whether the National Technical Information Service (NUS) may ontraot with a national credLt card company for customer use of its credit card services as a means of payment for purchases from U fS, UTIS to the central clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of scientific, technical and engineering inform. ration and under section 1152 of title 15# United States Code, is responsible for making the results of teohnologioal research roadily available to industry, business and the general public. The Secretary in authorized by section 1153 of title 15 to e3tablish, from time to time, schedules of reasonable fees for services or documents furnished. The proposed crodit card plan is not to result in Jucreasod prices to the publio nor is It expected to escalate the administrative costs of NTIS above the level experienced under existing procodures. Payment of all authorized charges will be guva.antoed by the credit card company, There is no statutory prohibition against the Gavnwent providing services on credit. Nevertheless, though there are statutes which specifically authorize certain sales by the Gov ernment on a credit basis, the Government ordinarily does not provide goods o aervices on & credit basis. See 40 U.s.c. 484(a). I 9 T-he proposed arrangement would further the statutory mandate by providing more rapid and convenient service to IITIS customers than is now possible, Recognizing there is a diversity of buyers of relatively small individual amounts, it is apparent that the intrests of the Government are adequately protected by tha credit card conpany guarantee. Under the circum- stancos, we find no basis for objection to the proposed nt nDoP o o C ACu4 ptmusliHD PECISIOi SComOM... t .,9

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