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B-200305 1 (1981-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjih0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -DECISION FILE: B-200305 MATTER OF: DoI Ter DIGEST: 1. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 DATE: April 23, 1931 nald Bray - Eravel Claim for nporary Dutj Employee who finishes temporary duty at 6:15 p.m. ordinarily should not be required to perform return travel that same night. Thus, employee who interrupts return travel for personal reasons and travels by an indirect route, departing late that night should not have constructive costs comparison made on basis of night coach rate for flight departing that same evening. Constructive cost comparison should be based on schedule that permits employee to travel during regular duty hours the following morning. 2. Employee traveling on an actual expense basis finished temporary duty at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday but did not depart the temporary duty station until 12:55 a.m. Friday when he traveled to another city on personal business. Since employee incurred no expense for lodging on Thursday, he may not be reimbursed hypothetical cost of lodgings for that night. However, because employee's con- structive cost reimbursement should be based on direct return travel scheduled the foll6wing morning, lodging costs for that night may be included in determining his constructive expense limitation. This action is in response to a request for a decision submitted by the authorized certifying officer of the Chicago Operations and Regional Office of the Department of Energy, Argonne, Illinois, regarding a claim for travel and transportation expenses of an em- ployee while on temporary duty. The issues presented in this case arise from the fact that the employee indirectly routed and interrupted his return travel. Those issues are: (1) whether the cost of a night's lodging may be included in the constructive cost compu- tation even though the employee did not incur any lodg- ing costs on the particular night, and (2) whether the

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