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B-247573-O.M. 1 (1993-05-14)

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(3           United States
             General Accounting Office



             Memorandum


             Date:     May 14, 1993

             To.       Director, Claims Group, GGD



             From:     General Counsel - James F. Hinchman



             Subject:                 I B-247573-O.M.


             Attached is your claim file, Z-2862258, on the subject case.
             For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the claim
             should be denied, but that repayment of the erroneous travel
             advance (which covers almost the full amount of the claim)
             should be waived.

                       , a civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of
             Engineers, claims reimbursement of lodging expenses in the
             amount of $210 incurred incident to attending a meeting at
             her permanent duty station in San Francisco, California.
             The Corps District Engineer had requested            and
             another civilian employee to attend the 1989 Earthquake
             Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, held February
             9-11 at a Holiday Inn in San Francisco, because the District
             was developing several earthquake response plans for the
             San Francisco Bay Area.

             The agency issued travel orders to           , along with a
             $200 travel advance, authorizing her to stay overnight at a
             hotel during the meeting. This was based on an agency-
             approved request which stated that: (1)            did not
             drive due to an uncorrectable sight condition (she is
             legally blind); (2) the meeting sessions were to start as
             early as 7 a.m. and end as late as 9 p.m.; and (3) it would
             be impossible for            to arrive at the meeting site so
             early or obtain transportation to her home at night due to









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