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B-230405 1 (1990-06-29)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision

Matter  of:  William A.  Lewis, et
             Travel to Training
 File:       B-230405

 Date:       June 29, 1990


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      stations on Sunday and returned on Friday evening  in order
      to take training courses at a private institution  may be
      allowed overtime pay or compensatory time for  their travel.
      The government had no.control over the content or  scheduling
      -of the courses, and, thus, the travel resulted from an event
      which could not be scheduled or controlled administratively.
      See 5 U.S.C. 5 5542(b)(2)(B)(iv) (1988) and Pederal
      Personnel Manual. Supplement 990-2, Book 550, S1-3b.
      Gerald C. Holst, B-222700, Oct. 17, 1986, overruled.

      DECISION

      This decision is in response to a request from Charles  R.
      Coffee, Acting Chief, Accounting and Finance Division,
      Defense Logistics AgencyADLA),  concerning whether  certain-
      DLA employees are entitled to receive overtime pay while  in
      a travel status outside of regular working hours  to attend
      training./  For  the following reasons, we conclude  that
      they are so entitled.

      BACKGROUND

   . At various periods  of time after October 12, 1984,
     Mr. William A. Lewis  and other employees from California
     offices of DLA were  assigned to take training courses at  the
     Maine Maritime Academy,  Castine, Maine/2   The Academy  is a
     private institution and  the government  as no control over
*    the content or the  scheduling of the courses offered.  The


     1/V Reference DLA-CFF.
. -   /  The other named employees  are Ms.*Aimee Stover,
     Mr. Kenneth Battle, Ms. Anne MacDougall  and Mr. Dennis
     DiPong.  Mr. Lewis is no longer employed  by DLA.

                              PUBLISHED   DECISION

                              69 Comp.  Gen.

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