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B-247857 1 (1992-08-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadodg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Io Comptroller General of the United States Washtn~onDAC.20548- Decision Matter of: National Mediation Board--Use of Appropriated Funds to Install Telephone Lines at Private Residences File: B-21J7857 Date: August 25, 1992 DIGEST National Mediation Board may use appropriated funds to install dedicated telephone lines in the residences of mediators, Although normally prohibited by 31 U.S.C. § 1348, when telephone service installation in a private residence is of restricted use or when there are numerous safeguards and the service is deemed essential, we have held the prohibition to be inapplicable. The Board has demonstrated the essential nature of the computer data transmission service and will prevent private misuse by installing dedicated telephone lines. DECISION This decision responds to a request from the Executive Director of the National Mediation Board (Board) regarding the propriety of using appropriated funds to pay the costs of installing telephone lines for computer data transmission betweeh mediators' residences and the Board's main office in Washington, D.C. As explained in further detail below, we would not object to the use of appropriated funds for installation of dedicated telephone lines in private residences under the circumstances presented by this case. BACKGROUND The Board's primary responsibility is to mediate labor disputes in the air carrier and rail industries.Se Budget of the United States Governme~t, Fiscal Year,1992, App. 1-1003. According to the Director, the Board employs 58 employees, of which 16 are mediators strategically located throughout the country whose official work is performed at thelir residences when not travelling. The Board has no field offices, Thus, the Board recently implemented an agency-wide electronic mail/commuhications system and supplied all mediators and Board members with lap-top computers and modems. Under the new E-mail system all mediators must access the main Washington, D.C. office in order to file case reports and perform contract

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