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B-206590 1 (1982-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacsrb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Lill ~~'( 1374, '~rn~-~ ~ , & fl~rj '~~' it ; t'.ii 4.. UNITED STATEs GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20518 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL May 18, 1982 Mr. Gary B. Barber Acting Assistant Director InternalAudit and Security Division Office of the Federal Tnspector Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Pocn 2413, Post Office BuildinG 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20044 rv, ,l4 Iear Mr. Barber: This is in response to your inquiry (ref. D0005950) concerning the liability of agency employees whose transportation tickets, Government Travel R-quests (WR's) or cash advances for travel have been lost or stolen. You state that your agency is studying a policy that would hold employees liable for costs associated 'with lost or stolen tickets. How- ever, in a survey conducted by your agency you were told that several agencies have interpreted Section 2058--Lost or Stolen Tickets-of the GAO Manual so as not to make their travelers llable. You have asked us to describe what options are available, if any, in determining the liabil- ity of travelers. Tickets and GTR's First, section 2058 of Title 5 of the GAO Policy and Procedures Manual, to which you refer, has been superseded by the 1978 edition of the Manual. The revised Manual contains no provision applicable to lost or stolen tickets. Further, GAO no longer has the responsibility for Issuing regulations governing lost or stolen tickets and (74rR's. That function was transferred from GAO to the General Services Adinistration (GSA) by 4 C.F.R. 5 51.2, incident to Title II of the General Accounting Office Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-604, 88 Stat. 1960. The regulations which govern lost or stolen tickuts and GTR's are now published by GSA and may be found at 41 C.PR. 5 101-41, With regard to GTRn's, the regulations state; S 101-41.207-4 Accountability for GTR's. Each agency shall prescribe procedures to control GTR procurement, stocking, distibution, and accountability and - II B-206590 ur~,t' 3J)6 It-. 7 t k 0 I 41 a LP AhL% I ILAW, im, xm.-i aw-, WIMIM Mxlmlkml

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