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[NSF Use of Appropriation Account for Annual Awards Dinner Expenses]

B-235163.11: Feb 13, 1996

The National Science Foundation (NSF) requested a decision on whether it could use its salaries and expenses appropriation to: (1) defray the cost of an awards dinner; and (2) pay for the travel and per diem expenses of the awardee and his spouse. GAO held that NSF could use its salaries and expenses appropriation to defray the cost of the awards dinner and pay the travel expenses of the awardee a...

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Matter of: National Science Foundation Annual Awards Dinner File: B-235163.11 Date: February 13, 1996

B-235163.11: Feb 13, 1996

The Waterman Award is a statutorily established award. [1] The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage the work of younger scientists in research and advanced study in the mathematical. When the Board found that subscriptions and other donations were not sufficient to defray the total costs of the dinner. ANALYSIS The legal issues raised by this matter are whether the Foundation may use...

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