United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-08-06 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-270199 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270199 P0b002ee18fd4a02a f:270199 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-270199 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-270199 B-270199 Comptroller General Decision

Appropriated funds were not available for the purchase of food for employees at Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation training sessions. In general, appropriated funds are not available to provide food to government employees at their official duty stations, unless specific authority exists. Here, the food was not a proper training expense under 5 U.S.C. sec. 4109, because provision of the food was not necessary for the employees to obtain the full benefit of the training. Further, the food was not a proper expense of a meeting or conference under 5 U.S.C. sec. 4110, because the sessions were internal events, sponsored by the government, with participants drawn wholly from agency employees, for the purpose of discussing issues relating to the business, management, or day-to-day operations of the agency. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270199/html/GAOREPORTS-B-270199.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270199/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-270199.pdf GAO/B-270199 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270199 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-270199; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation-Provision of; Title 5 Section 4101(4) Title 5 Section 4109 Title 5 Section 4109(a)(2)(F) Title 5 Section 4110 Title 5 Section 4501-4506 Title 5 Section 4501 5 U.S.C. 4101(4) 5 U.S.C. 4109 5 U.S.C. 4109(a)(2)(F) 5 U.S.C. 4110 5 U.S.C. 4501-4506 5 U.S.C. 4501