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B-182745 1 (1975-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadchr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ' THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES o ; WASHINGTON, 0.C. 2054 SNEITL FILE:, B-182745 DATE: June 19,1975 MATTER OF: Use of Government Vehicles DIGEST: Although hiring of vehicles for home to work transportation for Government employees is generally prohibited by 31 U.S.C. I 638a (1970), prohibition does not preclude such action where, as a temporary emergency measure, it is in Government -interest to transport certain Social Security Administration employees to work during public transportation strike. This decision is in response to a request by the Commissioner of Social Security for our opinion on the propriety of the rental of buses by the Social Security Administration (Administration) for the purpose of transporting employees from predetermined pick-up points to their offices at the Western Program Center (Center), San Francisco, California, during a public transportation strike. The Commissioner has also requested our opinion regarding the liability of the certifying officer for payments made to the bus company. On July 1, 1974, the San Francisco, California area experienced a public transportation strike which had a crippling effect on the operations of the Center since many employees lived across the bay and relied-upon public transportation as a means of commuting to and from work. To reach San Francisco from these areas it is necessary to cross the Oakland Bay Bridge which is approximately 10 miles long. The Center receives approximately 13 percent of the national weekly Social Security claims receipts. When the total work force is on hand, approximately 88 percent of the weekly receipts are com- pleted. On the first day of the strike approximately 96 employees from across the bay were absent from their duty station. The Admin- istration determined that transporting these employees to the Center was essential to the processing of claims of Social Security recipi- ents dependent upon weekly payments from the Administration. There- fore, in order to provide a temporary means of transportation for such employees until they had adequate time to obtain other means of - 1 - ~PUBLISD DECSION 54 Comp. Gen.-.

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