Can host sites request funding for promotional items/gifts and/or marketing items?
No. Federal funds may not be used for gifts or promotional items. OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, item 1(f) (3), in general, prohibits the use of Federal funds for public relations costs such as: costs of promotional items and memorabilia, including models, gifts, and souvenirs. This includes pens, cups, shoelaces, key chains, baseball caps, paperweights, magnets, matchbooks, patches, t-shirts, scissors, balloons, and buttons.
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