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B-202292 1 (1981-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjzo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE /2j- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENEI*AL COUNSEL MB- I 8 I981 '202292 Angela Favaloro President Sun Arrow Travel Suite 215 2001 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007 Dear Ms. Favaloro: On February 26, .19$1, we received your memo referring to an article - in ftav .l W..klfdated February 7, 19 0, which con- tains your ooents on our pOsition concerning the rohibition- agaIn t 0 use of commercial travel agents for GoVerment travel. Specifically, you dispute our position that it is more ecnomic and efficient for-Government employees to get airline tickets directly from airlines. There are aeveral reasons for our prohibitiom against the ase Of travel agents to pxoeure official Goverwnet. travel. Whem we consider costs to the Government of the use of travel agents, we are not oocaerned just with the cost of a ticket, but to more general Goverment-wide cost and efficiency mat- ters. For example, the use of hundreds of travel agents, in- stead of the existing SYstem of working with a cohmqaratively limited number of Carriers, creates a serious burden on the General Services Administration which has the reopmsibility to audit travel bills and this could. rOult in increasod audit costs. Also, travel agents may be unfamiliar with statutes and regulations 0onceing Government travel and this could render enforcement of the law more difficult. Potential problm including how to allocate business, im- plementing a procedure for collecting refunds, and ascertain- ing the capability and financial responsibility of individual agents are also matters which could involve increased admin- istratiM Mosts to the Government.. // /~( .A

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