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B-200745 1 (1981-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjro0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION y FILE: B-200745 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTOLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. .20548 DATE: September 1, 1981 Nelson J. Krohn - Modification of travel orders Orders directing employee's permanent change of station to Philadelphia for 2- to 4-month period in contemplation of permanent assignment to Albany, Georgia, are subject to retroactive modification to reflect fact that assignment to Philadelphia was for temporary duty. Assignment for 2 to 4 months is generally a temporary duty assignment, and though Joint Travel Regulations provide guidance in directing permanent change of station for assignments longer than 2 months, record does not indicate that determina- tion to transfer employee to Philadelphia was made on basis of that guidance. This decision concerns our Claims Division's finding that it would be appropriate to amend travel orders issued to Mr. Nelson J. Krohn to redesignate his purported transfer to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a temporary duty assign- ment with appropriate change in the allowances authorized. We have been asked by a disbursing officer for the Marine Corps to clarify the basis for that determination inasmuch as others formerly employed by the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command, Warren, Michigan, received similar orders. The following explanation and guidance is provided in response to the disbursing officer's concern that these other orders may be subject to retroactive modification. In December of 1976 Mr. Krohn was given orders directing his permanent change of station from Warren, Michigan, to Philadelphia for a period of 2 to 4 months. The record indi- cates that those orders were issued with the understanding that there would be a transfer of the Philadelphia function and that Mr. Krohn would shortly accompany that mission to Albany, Georgia. Mr. Krohn reported to Philadelphia in December 1975 and on February 5, 1976, he was issued addi- tional orders directing his permanent change of station to Albany, Georgia. He reported to Albany in April of 1976. In considering Mr. Krohn's claim for temporary quarters subsistence expenses incident to his assignment to Albany, our Claims Division noted an irregularity on the face of the

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