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B-227559 1 (1988-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnba0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Awards - Telephones - Nonuse of Sick Leave File: B-227559 Date: March 23, 1988 DIGEST A voucher presented by the Defense Depot, Richmond, Virginia, for the purchase of telephones for use as career service or honorary awards may be certified for payment since such purchase is a proper expenditure of the agency's appropriated funds under provisions of the Government Employees' Incentive Awards Act, 5 U.S.C. S 4501-4506 (1982), as implemented by Department of Defense and office of Personnel Management (OPM) instructions. However, approval of an incentive awards program for reduced usage of sick leave is the responsibility of OPM, and OPM has recommended against such approval. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by the Chief, Accounting and Finance Division, Office of Comptroller, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, for an opinion as to whether a voucher for the purchase of telephones may be certified for payment. In addition, the Depot has asked us if awards may be given for the nonuse of sick leave. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the voucher may be certified for payment; however, the sick leave program may not be implemented. BACKGROUND The Defense Depot, Richmond, Virginia, established a sick leave incentive program by DGSC-T Letter 86-4A, February 19, 1986, for the purpose of reducing the use of sick leave. The program provided that any employee who minimized his or her use of sick leave would be eligible for an award in the form of a keychain, coffee mug, stickpin/tie pin, or telephone.

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