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B-194013 1 (1979-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbtm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.-C. 20548 G!~N~AL~Qus~LIN REPLY REFE*O. 1B-194013 (LLW) Robert E. Chandler, Director Transportation Services Division (TTT) General Services Administration Dear Mr. Chandler: By your letter of January 22, 1979, you requested comments on a recommendation to encourage carpooling by allowing reimburse- ment for the actual mileage incurred when an employee uses his privately owned vehicle (POV) to transport other employees from their residences or duty stations to a common carrier terminal, or back, when performing temporary duty travel together. Currently, Federal Travel Regulations (FPAIR 101-7) para. 1-4. 2c(1) permits reimbursement on the basis of the distance between the employee's own residence or place of business and the terminal. We have recognized that it may be advantageous to the Govern- ment for two or more employees to travel together and to authorize reimbursement to the driving employee for the additional miles that he must travel to pick up and return his passengers. We are enclosing a copy of our decision B-158519, February 21, 1966, holding that an employee assigned to temporary duty who was administratively authorized to travel approximately 18 additional miles to pick up another employee could be reimbursed for the additional distance traveled. In that case it was in the interest of the Government to reimburse the driver for the additional mileage rather than to reimburse the passenger for his taxicab fare to an en route pick-up point. See also B-158046, January 11, 1966, and April 5, 1966, copies enclosed. Consistent with these decisions, our own regulations on travel provide that whei adequate common carrier transportation is not available for travel between the employee's residence and a temporary audit site within the local travel area, he may be paid mileage for use of a POV as follows: *** *When an employee provides transportation to one or more additional employees traveling to the same general location, he may be reimbursed for mileage at the rate of 15 cents per mile for the total

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