https://www.gao.gov/products/439852

B-208729: May 24, 1983

DIGEST: ARMY MAY USE APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO PAY OBLIGATION ARISING WHEN PAYING GUESTS ATTENDING A LUNCHEON WERE INSUFFICIENT TO YIELD THE MINIMUM REVENUE GUARANTEED THE CATERER. THE SUBSEQUENT OBLIGATION FOR THE DEFICIT WAS RELATED TO A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO FURTHER EEO OBJECTIVES. THE COMMEMORATION INCLUDED A LUNCHEON AND A LUNCHEON SPEAKER WHO WAS PAID AN HONORARIUM. BOTH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND M...

https://www.gao.gov/products/121445

B-208729: May 24, 1983

The Army requested an advance decision as to whether a voucher may be paid from appropriated funds to support a claim arising from a contract which an Army employee had signed with an Army officers club to provide a luncheon in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inclement weather had apparently reduced attendance at the luncheon, and the Army did not earn enough money to meet its revenue obl...