B-226248: May 13, 1987

PROCUREMENT - CONTRACTING POWER/AUTHORITY - UNAUTHORIZED CONTRACTS - RATIFICATION DIGEST: RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENT WAS PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS BASED ON A PROCUREMENT REQUEST SIGNED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) ASSISTANT REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. SINCE DELEGATION UNDER THE STATUTE IS LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE. SINCE THERE WAS PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION. A BILL FOR ADVERTISING OR P...

B-226248: May 13, 1987

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested a decision concerning whether it could ratify an improperly authorized contractual commitment to publish a recruitment advertisement in a newspaper. GAO noted that EPA delegated authority to approve publication of such advertisements to regional contracting officers. GAO held that: (1) the delegation of authority was legally permissible; and (2)...