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B-233527 1 (1989-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnnf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Charlotte M. Duncan - Temporary Duty - Nonworkday Travel File: B-233527 Date: July 26, 1989 DIGEST An employee, whose duty station and commuting residence were in Lubbock, Texas, was on a temporary duty assignment in Dallas, Texas. She interrupted her assignment to travel to her parents' home in Houston, Texas, for the Thanksgiving Day holiday and for the following weekend. Her claim for the transportation expense to Houston is denied since she did not return to her duty station or place of abode, as required under the Federal Travel Regulations. She may be reimbursed allowable per diem expenses for the holiday and nonworkd ay s. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Chief, Accounting Section, Internal Revenue Service - Southwest Region (IRS), Department of the Treasury. It concerns the entitlement of an employee to be reimbursed transportation expenses for voluntary travel away from a temporary duty location over a holiday or weekend. We conclude that the employee may not be reimbursed for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Ms. Charlotte M. Duncan, an employee of the IRS, whose official duty station and residence were Lubbock, Texas, was performing temporary duty in Dallas, Texas, during the month of November 1987. On Wednesday, November 25, following completion of training that day, she traveled to Houston, Texas, to stay with her family over Thanksgiving and the following weekend. She returned to Dallas on the evening of Sunday, November 29, to complete her training. Ms. Duncan claimed reimbursement for her round-trip mileage to Houston. That portion of her travel voucher was disallowed on the basis that the travel was to a place C'4C oo ?

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