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B-219795 1 (1986-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmmj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mattero Funding of Federal Executive Boards File: B-219795 Date: September 29, 1986 DIGEST A certifying officer of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may not properly certify for payment a claim for a portion of the expenses incurred by a Federal Executive Board in sponsoring an awards banquet for the honorary recog- nition of equal employment opportunity activities. A general Government-wide appropriation act restriction, appearing in its current form since 1982, prohibits the use of appropri- ated funds for interagency financing of boards or commissions which do not have prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or in- strumentality. This restriction applies to Federal Execu- tive Boards since the boards lack statutory approval for interagency financing. DECISION The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's), Director of the Financial Management Services has requested our opinion on whether the agency may pay for the expenses incurred by a Federal Executive Board (FEB), in sponsoring a program to recognize excellence at the state, local and Federal levels of Government. The FEB award pro- gram was funded in 1982 by contributions from participating Federal agencies. Specifically, he is concerned with the propriety of certifying a payment out of an imprest fund made for such a purpose in fiscal year 1982. As discussed below, the EEOC's appropriation for fiscal year 1982 is not avail- able for jointly funded FEB activities as it is subject to a general Government-wide appropriation act restriction appearing in its current form since 1982. In February 1982, the Denver Federal Executive Board requested that the EEOC's Denver District Office sponsor an award for outstanding contribution in equal employment opportunity as part of the board's Twentieth Annual Excel- lence in Government Awards Program. On March 10, 1982, the Deputy Director of EEOC's Denver District Office paid to the FEB the $100 sponsorship fee out of his personal funds. He filed a claim for reimbursement on April 2, 1982, and was

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