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B-178875 1 (1973-08-27)

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         B-17CO75                                        Autzust 27, )973



         !r. Gary A. lierobdorfer
         946 Spruce Stroeat
         Berkeley, California   94707

         Dear ri. llerslhdorfer;

              Te refer to your letter of Hay 23, 1973,   horoin you seek
        -reconvidaration of the dnial ot your cilain for additional reir-
        burnenent for triwd,%. -npcnn edincI'rred incilent to your chauz.e of
        official atatin as oanOI-loyea of tho Departuent of the Arcy.
        Your clacin va  doied by our Tranvporcation end Clairv Division
        in its Settlemcnt Certificate of 11arch 20, 1973.

              A review of the factn rported in your case shows that you
         were transfarred cfrom llasbtngton, D.C, to Snn Trancisco,
         Californin, by Travel Ordor Io. PCS 70-P.7, dated Octobev 31, 1969,
         Your orders authorized conmrcial trn.portation fro monWshiton,
         D#,C., to Lon A icles, C41liori4, ,nd ho unao n a privretely m.-ncd
         vahicle fro., Loc Anuulas to San Francirnco, California, Your c:goncy
         lilitod retaburnermont to the constructive cost of direct air travel
         from llashinvton to &an 1rateisco on V c basis of JnrielrapI) 0-000
         of the Joir.t Travel Regulatioa (JTI), Volume 2. That section pro-
         video thnL travel perforn.d other than by the usually traveled
         rout rust be justified as officially necessary, Ovh7rwive a
         person wita travels by an indirect route will be roiburned his cx-
         penoes only to tlh e' ctnt of the eqsonres that would have been
         incurred ing; don: to travel by a usually travaled route. Your
         agency rcporru thnt the indirect route traveled by you wen not
         cor.sidored uc-coaaary for official reasons.

              In your request for reconsiderntion you urge that (1) you
         traveled directly in accordance with your orderu anti thus in fact
         no indirect route vas involved; (2) you did not request the route
         traveled but wore given it after a decision on travel altrneai:ives
         and you were assured by the W.Inohin1ton office of the Corps of
         Engineera that the ewpnaes would be r.imburacd; and (3) the
         expenes incident to the route traveled were justified on the
         basis of a cost-saving.

              Ile understand that the determination as to your route and
         mode of travel was based on the fact that your wife was seven

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