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B-128938 1 (1973-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablce0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RFETR2CTE - to be released outside tiVjenera oqo rc Co7unt-g Cf e-z- Z2, on te basis of speci Wov IR,; ihhe CQ c of Qo Rea ons, a recor ol W _ aA- H ipt f y the 0istriibuion Section, Publications IrachAS COMPI ROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. W0S48 RELEASED B-128938 dUL 2ti 1U/J The Honorable James G. O'Hara II/IIIIIIIIIII~lIIIiii/li U .4ouse of Representatives LM090680 Dear Mr. O'Hara: This is in response to your letters of May 3 and 24, 1973, regarding an editorial published in a Defense Civil Prepared- Iness Agency (DCPA) Region Two publication entitled Survival.' Y You asked us to examine into publication and distribution of the editorial, which you described as 24sanpRjolitical material distributed as official business at taxpayer expense. We discussed matters in this report with DCPA officials and reviewed pertinent sections of the United States Code and Government Printing and Binding Regulations (GPBR). We also referred to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-3 entitled Government Periodicals. The editorial did violate the law. GPBR, section 29, and 44 U.S.C. 1102 prohibit printing which is not authorized by law and necessary to the public business. Documents or matters beyond the scope of ordinary agency business cannot be printed on the requisition of an agency unless authorized by the Con- gress. The editorial was not devoted to work which the law requires DCPA to undertake. Section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 authorizes publication of the periodical. The Government Printing Office printed 10,000 copies at Governmenf-I&xpense un- dYThrders -placed with it by Region Two. About 4,000 copies were mailed to recipients on the region's mailing list. The remaining copies were used for workshops and conferences and to fill subsequent requests. We could not determine costs of printing the editorial. Before our review DCPA officials recognized that the edi- torial had no place in DCPA's program or newsletter and should not have been published. The Regional Manager was reprimanded for allowing the editorial to be published.

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