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B-206625 1 (1982-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkng0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ti19CCMPTAOI,1LUR OW<UPJRAL Iqq OECII310N , OP T HM U NIur.D STATENS WASHINGTON, 0 . D.C 2013413 FILE= B-206625 DATE; July 26, 19S2 MATTER OF: The New York Times, Tht% Philadeltda Inquirer; The Trenton Times Newepaper: Payment for Advertisements under 44 U.S.C. S 3702 DIGiEfT: Payment to three newspapers who advertised for the Army is not precluded by the provisions of 44 U.S.C. S 3702 where blanket authorit:y to approve advertise- ments has been delegated in writing by the Co.nanding General of the Army to all his installation cormanders and verbal approval in advance of the procurement had been given by the appropriate official. Under these facts and circurstances, the purposes of the statute have been met. This claim was forwarded to the General Accounting Office by the Department of the Army with three invoices for the cost. of recruiting advertisements placed in the New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Trenton Times Newspapers during the period of D.cember 6, 1979, through December 11, 1979. The Department states that the advertise- ments were duly printed at a fair and reasonable price, However, the accountable officer refused to certify the vouchers for paynent, based on the prohibition in 44 U.S.C. S 3702 (1969), unless the Compttoller General approves. The newspapers claim they are owed the folloing amounts: The New York Tlrns $193.20 The Philadelphia Inquirer 125.12 The Trenton Times Newspapers 48.64 Based on the particular facts in this case, the invoices ay be paid. Section 3702 reads as follows: Advertisemrents, notices, or proposals for an executive department of the Government, or for a bureau or office connected with it, may not be published in a newspaper except under written authority from the head of the department; and a bill for advertising or publication imay not be paid unless there is prisented with the bill a copy of the written authority. This Office has consistently recormended in the past that 9; 3702 be repealed as an anachronism which has outlived its usefulness. The requirements were enacted 100 years ago at a time when Governnnt pro- curement was yuch less systematized than it is today. It appeeral from rI

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