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B-234241 1 (1989-05-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnla0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General the United States Washington, D.C. 254 Decision Prize Drawing at Recruiting Events for Army Mattero Doctors File: B-234241 Date: May 3, 1989 DIGEST The Army may use funds appropriated for recruiting and advertising to pay for framed recruiting posters for use as prizes for potential Army doctors in order to facilitate recruiting. Before the Army implements the plan, it should determine whether the award of a prize worth up to $25 is consistent with its own regulations with regard to gifts to potential recruits. DECISION The United States Army Health Professional Support Agency (HPSA) has requested our decision on whether it may conduct prize drawings at medical conventions to aid in the recruiting of doctors for the Army Medical Department. If such drawings are permissible, guidance is requested on the type and value of prizes which would be acceptable. For the reasons presented below, we conclude that such drawings are permissible. In November 1987, the Army asked GAO to decide whether funds appropriated for recruiting and advertising could be used to pay for framed recruiting posters valued at $25 to be given away in prize drawings at recruiting booths at conventions of student organizations. In our decision, B-230062, Dec. 22, 1988, we approved the use of funds for the purchase of prizes but requested that the Army determine whether the award of a prize worth $25 was consistent with its own recruiting regulations. HPSA proposes giving away the same prize, a framed recruiting poster, to aid in recruiting doctors. Under 31 U.S.C. § 1301(a) (1982), appropriated funds may be used only for the purpose for which they are appropriated. In B-230062, supra, we restated the two-part test we apply to determine whether a particular expenditure is permissible 1 7 3 AS (

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