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B-181431 1 (1975-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcec0001 and id is 1 raw text is: lip - THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIDI\ . J OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 6 FILE: C-181431 DATE: February 27, 1975 MVATTER OF: T Proposed amendment to 2 Joint Travel Regulations para. C2050-3 DIGEST: Proposed amendment to 2 JTR para. C2050-3 eliminating requirement of written orders for sea trial trips would not be proper since FTR para. 1-1.4 (M1ay 1973) requires that written orders should be issued prior to incurring expenses, unless prior issuance is impractical or the travel is of a limited nature in the vicinity of the employees' station, financial controls would not be sufficient, and notice to the employees would not be made of their entitlement. However, issuance of general written travel order and multiple payment procedure would be proper. By letter dated Nay 29, 1974, the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, on behalf of the Department of Defense Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Comittee, requested our opinion on a proposed amend- ment to 2 Joint Travel Regulations para. C2050-3 which would eliminate the necessity of travel orders for civilian employees participating in sea trial trips when the only per diem involved is that payable while the employees are aboard the Government ship_- Prior to change 98, September 28, 1973, 2 JTR para. C8050-6 provided that civilian employees assigned to ships on trial trips for testing purposes were considered to be in a standby status and not eligible for per diem. The cited change deleted this provision and the aforementioned employees now are eligible for per diem. A large number of Navy employees participate in sea trial trips. The current procedure is to issue individual travel orders and process individual per diem claims although many employees partic- ipate in the same sea trial trips, between the sane points, and with identical chargeable accounting data. The Acting Assistant Secretary advises us that: To eliminate the tremendous volume of paperwork currently required because of travel on sea trials,*the Department of the Navy has recommended that JTR, para. C2050-3 be amended to include a provision that travel orders are not necessary for civilian employees partic- ipating in sea trial trips when the only per diem involved is the per diem payable while the employees are aboard the Government ship. They have also recommended inclusion of the following provisions: - 1 -

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