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B-228781 1 (1988-04-14)

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The Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matterof: Dr. Timothy L. Crawford - Airplane Mileage -
          Transfer of Permanent Station
 File:    B-228781

 Date:    April 14, 1988


 DIGEST

 Travel orders authorized an employee to be paid mileage
 for the use a privately owned airplane for travel to the
 employee's new duty station incident to his transfer.
 A determination was made that use of the airplane would
 be advantageous to the government. The airplane was
 needed at the new duty station to conduct experiments and
 for temporary duty travel. Because travel regulations gave
 the employing agency discretion to authorize the mileage and
 the employee used the airplane for the transfer, mileage
 should be reimbursed to the employee.


 DECISION

 We decide that Dr. Timothy L. Crawford, an employee of the
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United
States Department of Commerce, is entitled to mileage for
traveling to his new permanent duty station in his privately
owned airplane.l/

Doctor Crawford transferred from Muscle Shoals, Alabama,
to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in August 1986. His travel orders
authorized mileage for a privately owned aircraft at
45 cents per mile and a privately owned automobile at
19 cents per mile. The travel orders stated that both
methods of transportation were determined to be more
advantageous to the government than common carrier or
other means of travel. By memorandum of May 15, 1987,
Dr. Crawford's supervisor stated that the aircraft was
justified as advantageous to the government because
Dr. Crawford would be using it for temporary duty travel
away from his new duty station, as well as to conduct


1/ Mr. Clayton J. Terry, Authorize Certifying Officer,
Chief, Finance Division, Western Administrative Support
Center, Department of Commerce, requested our decision.


C)4 B17

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