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092760 1 (1970-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwqy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION FEB 20 1970 Dear Mr. Oganovic Our report dated December 29, 1969, to the Director of the JCivil Service Commission's regional office in Chicago, Illinois, on the results of our review at'tha-teff fo Asts lentEr-oCf accounts of accountable officers did not cover certain matters requiring consideration on a Commission-wide basis. These matters, which are discussed below, pertain primarily to certain variances between the Commission's administrative travel instructions and practices and the related requirements of the Standardized Govern- ment Travel Regulations (SGTRs) issued by the Bureau of the Budget. PER DIEM ALLOWABLE FOR TRIPS OF LESS THAN 24 HOURS The Commission's administrative travel instructions relating to per diem allowable for trips of less than 24 hours duration, as set forth in section 3.9 of Administrative Manual Supplement 176-C, provide that. When no overnight stay is involved no per diem will be allowed unless the return is at or after 8*00 p.m., and the trip lasts six hours or more. If the trip lasts six hours or more when the return is at or after 8:00 p.m. one-fourth day's per diem at the rate of $12 will be allowed, In essence, the Commission allows a fixed amount of per diem for a trip of less than 24 hours when no overqight stay is involved, the trip lasts six hours or more, and the return is at or after 8*00 p.m. This fixed per dtem allowance was increase4 from $3 to $4 for travel performed on or after January 1, 1970, pursuant to Administrative Manual System Letter No. 176-195, dated January 9, 1970. The related provisions of the SGTRs (section 6,11) sate in perinent part tbat; IfFor continuous travel of 24 hours or less, the travel period will be regarded as commencing with the beginning of phe travel and ending with its completion, and for each 6-hour portion of the period, or fraction of such porttog, one-fourth of the per diem rate for a calendar

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