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B-236232 1 (1990-10-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcac0001 and id is 1 raw text is: pgtoner General of the United States ashingto, D.C. 20548 Decision matter of: Rear Admiral Richard E. Young, USNR (Ret.) rile: Date: B-236232 October 25, 1990 DECISION The Commander, Navy Accounting and Finance Center, requests an advance decision on whether a Reserve member can be reimbursed for telephone service on a dedicated line over which the member operated a facsimile (fax) machine. The machine was supplied by the Navy and installed in the member's civilian business office in Denver, Colorado, for the conduct of Navy business. The Finance Center states it is nsure whether the statutory restrictions in 31 U.S.C. § 1348vprohibit such reimbursement. The Finance Center further states that if the service charge otherwise is reimbursable, it is unable to determine whether the authorizing signatures on the vouchers Admiral Young submitted for charges for 4 months in 1988 were by officials authorized to sign them. We find that the statutory restrictions in 31 U.S.C. § 1348X do not prohibit reimbursement of the service charge. In October 1985, Rear Admiral Richard E. Young (who retired in October 1988) assumed command of Naval Reserve Readiness Command, Region Eighteen, which had its headquarters in Olathe, Kansas.1/ For the 2 years that he served as the commanding officer, Admiral Young states that one or two times a month he commuted 500 miles to Olathe from his home in Denver, Colorado. In addition to these trips to Olathe, Admiral Young states that he communicated almost daily, some- times several times a day, with his staff in Olathe. He also states that he communicated frequently with the 15 Reserve centers located in the five-state area comprising the region. The fax machine was installed in Admiral Young's office sometime between October 1985 and January 1986 as a result of what Admiral Young describes as a strong suggestion of the active duty staff. Admiral Young states that he continued using the fax machine after October 1987, in lieu of securing separate administrative support, during a detail as Special * Assistant to the Commander, Naval Reserve Force, with the 2./ Region Eighteen comprises five states: Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. -7 6e~7/0 976 -7-

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