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B-191985 1 (1978-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgnc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I U,, DECISION -~. THE COMPt' REEA *f . OF THEM UN- .sO EITATUEI VVA 5H INfGlTvrj ~. 0 C. 05 48 ilj~t' OCT 18 Vi8 FILE: B-191985 DATE: MATTEIR OF: Availability of Air Force Appropriations to Pay Publication Fees DtGEST: Air Force is not authorized to expend appropriated funds to defray cost of publishing data generated by Air Force rerearch and development activities in scientific journals and magazines, since Air Force lacks express or implied authority to disseminate data generally and it has not been administratively determined and demonstrated that such dissemination is necessary to accomplish some other purpose authorized by law. This decision to the Secretary of the Air Force is in response to an inquiry from Colonel Frank G. Gallo, Deputy Director, Plans and Systems, Air Force Accounting and Finance Center as to whether Air Force appropriations are available to pay publishing charges in the circumstances descriled below. The inquiry states: In carrying out research projects, the Air Force may produce data of widespread interest to the enttre scientific and engineering community. One established and recognized method of disseminating such information is, of course, by publication in applicable scientific or technical trade journals or magazines. While somt of these may provide a no-charge service for publishing articles, it is vrry common for them to require payment of a voluntary publishing page charge. This charge is intended to defray a part of the cost of printing the articles. We have reviewed the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-111 (September 21, 1977), 91 Stat. 886, and have found nothing which would provide funds to the Air Force for the express purpose of paying for disseminating research data.

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