B-4790 (7), JUL. 14, 1955
Highlights
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTERS OF APRIL 12. THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE ON VOUCHERS NOS. 2280513. TO WHICH EXCEPTIONS WERE TAKEN BY OUR OFFICE IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF $2. AS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED BY TELEPHONE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WAS DUE TO DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN LOCATING THE VOUCHERS AND CONTRACTS INVOLVED. IN THE LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE HERE RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENTS AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CERTIFICATIONS IN QUESTION WERE MADE. WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT REMOVAL OF THE EXCEPTIONS TO VOUCHERS 1193807 AND 2432967 IS WARRANTED AND THAT THE CERTIFYING OFFICER. APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AND THE CERTIFYING OFFICER WILL BE ADVISED AT A LATER DATE AS TO THE ACTION TAKEN.
B-4790 (7), JUL. 14, 1955
TO HONORABLE EDMUND F. MANSURE, ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTERS OF APRIL 12, MAY 20, AND JUNE 23, 1954, REQUESTING THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO RELIEVING EDWARD R. WHITMAN OF LIABILITY FOR THE BALANCE OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS OUTSTANDING IN HIS ACCOUNTS AS AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICER FOR THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY. THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE ON VOUCHERS NOS. 2280513, 1193807 AND 2432967 OF THE MAY AND DECEMBER 1942, AND JUNE 1943 ACCOUNTS OF G. F. ALLEN, TO WHICH EXCEPTIONS WERE TAKEN BY OUR OFFICE IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF $2,221.65.
THE DELAY IN REPLYING TO YOUR LETTERS, AS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED BY TELEPHONE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WAS DUE TO DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN LOCATING THE VOUCHERS AND CONTRACTS INVOLVED.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE HERE RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENTS AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CERTIFICATIONS IN QUESTION WERE MADE, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT REMOVAL OF THE EXCEPTIONS TO VOUCHERS 1193807 AND 2432967 IS WARRANTED AND THAT THE CERTIFYING OFFICER, UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 29, 1941, 55 STAT. 875, SHOULD BE RELIEVED OF LIABILITY FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE EXCEPTION TAKEN TO VOUCHER 2280513. APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AND THE CERTIFYING OFFICER WILL BE ADVISED AT A LATER DATE AS TO THE ACTION TAKEN.