Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 26

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947
Contains a selection of major decisions of the GAO. A digest of all decisions has been issued since Oct. 1989 as: United States. General Accounting Office. Digests of decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles.
 

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Page 452 - January 1, 1945, on account of damage to or loss of property or on account of personal injury or death, where the total amount of the. claim does not exceed $1,000, caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the Government while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant for such damage, loss, injury, or death, in accordance with the law of the place where the act...
Page 147 - ... (b) In the case of any such person who, in order to perform such training and service, has left or leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of any employer and who (1) receives such certificate, (2) is still qualified to perform the duties of such position, and (3) makes application for reemployment within ninety days after he is relieved from such training and service...
Page 208 - States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, i Inovert brow of the Government of the United States by force or violence...
Page 135 - or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit...
Page 189 - The head of any department, when authorized in an appropriation or other Act, may procure the temporary (not in excess of one year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, including stenographic reporting services...
Page 276 - Reconstruction Finance Corporation) the majority of the stock of which is owned by the United States...
Page 194 - That this section shall not apply to regular or emergency commissioned officers retired for disability incurred in combat with an enemy of the United States...
Page 135 - Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both...
Page 232 - ... at a rate in excess of an amount which when combined with the annual rate of compensation from such civilian office or position, makes the total rate from both sources more than $3,000 ; and when the retired pay amounts to or exceeds the rate of...
Page 484 - Witnesses who attend at points so far removed from their respective residences as to prohibit return thereto from day to day...

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