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B-196804 1 (1980-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobactyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: e OICE OFr GEERAL COUNSCUl UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 14 jae in)A ajatable to pabite wklt .~ 8-196804 ' Mr. Wayne McKeel Deputy Controller Agency for International Washington, Do C. 20523 Development Dear Mr. Mclteel: Mr. John P. Blumgart, an employee of the Agency for International Development (AID), has written this Office requesting relief from liability for $424 of Government funds that he lost in Mali on April 16, 1974, while he was traveling on official business. A copy of this letter with its attachments is enclosed. Mr. Blumgart states that since the date of the loss, he has attempted without success to resolve the relief question with AID. With 0 view toward the early resolution of tr`.Blumgart's request for relief, we are providing the following information regarding authority and procedures available to AID in granting or denying this request. A threshold question involves whether or not Mr. Blumgart occupied the status of an accountable officer of Government funds at the time of the loss. This issue stems from the fact that prior to his departure in 1974 on official travel to several African countries, he requested and was given a travel advance of $4,750, which represented funds for travel expenses and per diem as well as certain operational funds that were to be used by him to help finance major costs involved in the preparation of three livestock projects in Mauritania, Mali and Senegal. The entire amount was erroneously clastified as a travel advance despite the fact that the funds requested were in excess of travel expense and per diem requirements of the travel itinerary. In such circumstances it is AID's policy to designate the employee as a subcashier for funds advanced in excess of travel and per diem requirements, which apparently through oversight was not done in this case. Under decisions of our Office, an erployee who receives a travel expense advancement under 5 U.S.C. 5 5705, the statute that authorizes travel advancements, is not considered an accountable officer for such funds inasmuch as these advan.es are in the nature of a loan, as distinguished fro2 Governrmernt U ix k I.' ii' I ' * I

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