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Can I buy specialty items such as pens, key chains and magnets, etc?

April 26, 2017buy Chains items key magnets pens specialty

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Can I buy specialty items such as pens, key chains and magnets, etc?

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Appropriated funds can not be used to purchase gifts for Government employees or other individuals. If the items are going to have a message on them regarding NASA activities or the results from NASA activities, they might not be considered gifts, but, instead could be considered information dissemination instruments for which appropriated funds could be used. Unless there is an attempt at disseminating information, they would be considered gifts and, thus, appropriated funds could not be used to purchase them (neither bank card nor PR). Feel free to contact the Chief Financial Office and/or Legal should you wish to discuss what type of information must be present on the pens in order to treat them as non-gifts.