About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-241987 1 (1991-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbzb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States WaIngton, DC. 20648 Decision Matter of: Benjamin F. Ackerman & Fred L. Williams - Spouse's Travel to Attend Awards Ceremony - Period of Travel rile: 5-241987 Date: April 25, 199.1 DIGEST 1. Two employees were authorized temporary duty travel to receive awards at a Departmental Honor Awards Ceremony and to be accompanied by their spouses. Although the preplanned ceremonies were scheduled to end the morning of June 14, 1990, the official authorizing the travel had discretion to allow return travel on June 15. Accordingly, the employees may be allowed lodging and full per diem for June 14 and meals and incidental eKpenses for June 15. 2. Under the Office of Personnel Management's guidelines in FPM Letter 451-7, July 25, 1990, agency heads have broad discretionary authority to establish allowable cer diem amounts, points of travel origin and return, and the number of individuals authorized to travel in connection with award ceremonies under 5 U.SC. § 4503 (1988). DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an Authorized Certifying Officer, National Finance Center, Department of Agriculture (USDA).1/ The issue is the entitlement of two employees to be reimbursed additional per diem for themselves and their respective spouses incident to attending an Honor Awards Ceremony in June 1990. we conclude that they are entitled to additional per diem. BACKGROUND Mr. Benjamir F. Ackerman, III, and Mr. Fred L. Williams, employees of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, in Kansas City, Missouri, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, respec- tively, were selected to receive awards at a Departmental Honor Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. The travel orders authorized each of them to travel beginning on June 12, 1990, 1/ Ms. Sandra S. Williams, Reference FSD-1 WOM. PUBLISHED DECISION

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most