Emergency Food Purchases

D. E. Cox, Authorized Certifying Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation, requested a decision on the claim of a manager of the Buffalo office who purchased food for employees unable to leave the office and travel home during a blizzard. It was also necessary to maintain the office during the emergency on a 24-hour basis. In such circumstances, involving danger to human life, the claim was payable, notwithstanding the general prohibition on the payment of employees' meals from appropriated funds.