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B-235916 1 (1989-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnof0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision United States Embassy, London--Use of Representation Funds for Reimbursement of Rental Matterof: of Ceremonial Dress File: B-235916 Date: August 23, 1989 DIGEST The State Department may use representation funds to reimburse costs incurred by embassy officers in renting formal evening dress required of staff accompanying Ambassador in presenting his credentials to the Queen. DECISION An authorized certifying officer of the Department of State, stationed at the American Embassy in London, has asked whether the Ambassador, as chief of mission of the Embassy, may use representation funds appropriated to the State Department and allotted to the Embassy to reimburse six Embassy officers the cost of renting ceremonial dress. Protocol required the officers to wear formal evening dress when they accompanied the Ambassador in presenting his credentials to the Queen, the head of state of the United Kingdom. As explained below, we conclude that the Ambassador may reimburse such costs from representation funds. BACKGROUND On May 17, 1989, the newly appointed United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom presented his credentials to the Queen as required by protocol. At the Ambassador's direction, the Embassy's eight most senior officers accompanied him. According to the certifying officer, the officers could not decline to attend the ceremony. The officers wore formal evening dress in accordance with instructions of the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Ambassadors Court, St. James Palace. The six male officers were obliged to rent their attire. The certifying officer notes that occasions requiring such attire are rare in the modern diplomatic world, and that most Foreign Service officers can have a long career without ever attending one. G 4 ,r33 i5

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