[Request for Decision on PADC Authority To Purchase Plaque With Donated Fund]

The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC) requested a decision as to its authority to purchase and install a memorial plaque acquired with donated funds and to dedicate the site on federal land under its control to a deceased former PADC chairperson. GAO noted that PADC is legally exempted from restrictions otherwise imposed upon government agencies in the expenditure of appropriated funds, except where a statutory restriction expressly precludes a proposed PADC expenditure. GAO noted that no law expressly precludes the proposed PADC expenditures. Further, no law precludes PADC from designating property under its control in honor of the deceased former PADC chairperson.