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B-235163.11 1 (1996-02-13)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision




Matter of: National Science Foundation Annual Awards Dinner

File:       B-235163.11

Date:       February 13, 1996


DIGEST

The National Science Foundation may use its salaries and expenses appropriation
for dinner-related expenses and travel expenses for the awardee and his/her spouse
incurred in connection with the presentation of the statutorily established Alan T.
Waterman Award at the National Science Board's annual awards dinner.

DECISION

The National Science Foundation (Foundation) asks whether it may use its salaries
and expenses appropriation, without regard to reception and representation or
donated funds, to defray part of the cost of the National Science Board's (Board)
annual awards dinner. The Foundation also asks whether it may use its salaries
and expenses appropriation to defray part of the cost of travel and per diem for the
awardee, and his or her spouse, of the statutorily established Alan T. Waterman
Award. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the Foundation may use
its salaries and expenses appropriation to defray part of the cost of the awards
dinner and the travel and per diem expenses of the awardee and his or her spouse.

BACKGROUND

The National Science Foundation consists of a 24-member National Science Board
and a director. By statute, the Board meets annually in May. 42 U.S.C. § 1863(e).
Since 1960, the Board has hosted a dinner at its annual meetings which has become
known as the Board's annual awards dinner. Beginning in 1977, the dinner has
featured the presentation of the statutorily created Alan T. Waterman Award. More
recently, the Board has used the annual awards dinner to present two
administratively created awards-the Vannevar Bush and the National Science
Foundation Distinguished Service awards. Letter from the Foundation's Inspector
General to the Comptroller General, Mar. 25, 1994.

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