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B-228963 1 (1988-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnce0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ot±ZR The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Office of Technology Assessment - Authority for Matter of Incentive Awards Program File: B-228963 Date: May 19, 1988 DIGEST The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) does not have the authority to establish an incentive awards program for the Office. Absent specific authority or inclusion of OTA within the scope of the Incentive Awards Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 45 (1982), OTA may not pay incentive awards to its employees. The authority to fix the compensation of its employees does not include the authority to make incentive awards. 37 Comp. Gen. 343 (1957), distinguished. DECISION The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) has requested our opinion as to whether its Director has authority under the Technology Assessment Act of 1972, Public Law 92-484, 86 Stat. 797, October 13, 1972, codified at 2 U.S.C. SS 471-481 (1982), to establish an incentive awards program for OTA. For the reasons stated below, we find that the Director of OTA does not have authority to establish an incentive awards program. BACKGROUND The OTA has asked whether the authority of its Director to fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act includes the authority to establish an incentive awards program, to be financed by funds appropriated for the compensation of OTA employees. 2 U.S.C. S 475(f) (1982). The OTA notes that there is no specific provision in OTA's enabling act that either precludes or provides for establishment of an incentive awards program.

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