Reading Room Document
Antideficiency Act Matters
The document is a memorandum responding to a request for comments on a draft letter and memorandum. It provides feedback on the legal arguments raised in the draft letter to Mr. Blaylock and suggests changes to the language used. The memorandum also addresses the policy issues raised in the draft memorandum for Director Stockman and requests that the document not be viewed as the Department of Justice's concurrence in its present form. The questions presented for review include the appropriateness of the language used in the draft letter, the inflexibility of the policy outlined in the draft memorandum, and the unresolved legal and policy questions.
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