[Request for Opinion on Funding Federal Executive Boards With Interagency Fund Transfers]

The Administrator of Veterans Affairs requested a decision on the legality of funding Federal Executive Boards using interagency fund transfers. GAO held that: (1) a statute prohibited interagency funding of the Boards, although financial support of the Boards was lawful when only one agency paid the costs involved; (2) the Boards did not have specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality; and (3) the funding restriction applied even if such organizations could not be characterized as interagency entities.