[National Park Service Soil Surveys]

GAO commented on whether the National Park Service's (NPS) fiscal year (FY) 1998 funds obligated for soil surveys pursuant to interagency agreements with the National Resources Conservation Service remain available to pay for ordered services provided subsequent to FY 1998. GAO held that: (1) since NPS has statutory authority for these interagency agreements, NPS funds obligated pursuant to these agreements are not subject to the deobligation requirement of the Economy Act; and (2) to the extent the funds were properly obligated consistent with the bona fide needs rule, they remain available to liquidate the obligation.