https://www.gao.gov/products/441981

B-188078: May 5, 1977

MAY NOT BE PROVIDED WITH LUNCHES AT FEDERAL EXPENSE WHILE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS SINCE THERE IS NO SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION THEREFOR IN SPEEDY TRIAL ACT OR ANY OTHER ACT. 2. SIMILAR REFRESHMENTS ARE IN NATURE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND ARE NOT PAYABLE FROM APPROPRIATIONS FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES IN ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY. 47 COMP.GEN. 657 (1968). THE AMOUNT I...

https://www.gao.gov/products/102107

B-188078: May 5, 1977

A decision was requested by M. Patricia Carroll, Chief, Operations Branch, Administrative Office of the United States Court, concerning whether a voucher for payment of a luncheon and two coffee breaks held during a conference on western Virginia's plan for disposition of criminal cases should be honored. Payment was not authorized...