Hiring of Contractors to Furnish Horses for Government Employee Use
B-31352
Feb 22, 1943
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Due to the rubber shortage and rationing of gasoline, the Department of Agriculture was investigating alternative ways to allow employees of the Farm Security Administration to make periodic visits to the Administration's borrowers. The Secretary of Agriculture asked for GAO's opinion on whether the Farm Security Administration could contract with its employees for the furnishing of saddle horses for use at a stipulated price per day.