https://www.gao.gov/products/439425

A-67190: Aug 12, 1983

IS NOT REQUIRED TO REQUEST CLEARANCE FROM FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED (FPI) WHEN MAKING PURCHASES FROM PRIVATE SOURCES USING FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY PUBLIC LAW 98-8. 18 U.S.C. 4124 GENERALLY REQUIRES FEDERAL AGENCIES TO BUY ALL FPI PRODUCTS WHICH MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS FROM FPI RATHER THAN FROM PRIVATE SOURCES. 1983)) IS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE WHICH APPROPRIATES FUNDS FOR PROJECTS DESIGNED...

https://www.gao.gov/products/122117

A-67190: Aug 12, 1983

A decision was requested as to whether the statutory requirement to make purchases from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) applies when the Forest Service is conducting activities funded by an emergency appropriations measure which Congress enacted in response to the economic recession occurring at the time of its passage. The act provided appropriations to the Forest Service to: (1) restore, r...

https://www.gao.gov/products/463107

A-67190: Nov 15, 1935

ARE NOT REQUIRED BEFORE PURCHASE FROM COMMERCIAL FIRMS OF ITEMS PROCURABLE FROM SAID CORPORATION IF THE FUNDS TO BE CHARGED HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THE APPROPRIATION MADE IN THE EMERGENCY RELIEF APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1935. AN ADVANCE DECISION IS REQUESTED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. ATTENTION IS INVITED TO COPY OF LETTER. I AM IN DOUBT...