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B-199897 1 (1980-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadinj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION! . OF THE UNITED STATES VWASHINGTON., 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-199897 DATE: August 26, 1980 MATTER OF: Department of Interior - 'use of travel agent by traveler on official Government travel DIGEST: Where traveler whose transportation is reimbursable by Department of Interior is unaware of regulations which generally preclude use of travel agents , and purchases airline tickets from-travel agency with personal funds, GAO will allow reimbursement for the cost of the coach tickets purchased. TheChief, B anch of Finance, Office of Secretarial Operations-Fiscal of the Department of Interior (Interior)i 33 requests an exemption from our restrictions against the use of travel agents to procure official Government travel, see 4 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 52.3 (1980), for a traveler whose cost of travel is to be reimbursed by Interior. The purpose of the exemption is to permit reimbursement for round trip air fare purchased from travel agents with personal funds. The travel involved transportation for meetings at Interior in Washington, D.C. Interior's submission in- dicates that both the traveler and the administrative personnel involved were unaware of the requirement re- stricting the use of travel agents and that subsequently all travelers and administrative personnel were advised of the restriction. Interior believes that equity and fairness dictate that an exemption should be authorized since the Government received the benefit of the transpor- tation at coach rates. In two recent decisions to Interior based on similar facts we granted the relief requested here. B-198950, July 18, 1980; B-198301, May 1, 1980, 59 Comp. Gen. (copies enclosed). In these decisions, we stated that where a traveler whose transportation was reimbursable by Interior was unaware of the regulation precluding the use of travel agents, and purchased an airline ticket -with personal funds , we would allow reimbursement in an amount not

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