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B-142753 1 (1975-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcrz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIIN FILE: biLER d, C X T % THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE.UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20 . ' DATE: B-142753 548 (L O 1975 MAATTER OF: Donald G. Phillips - Administrative Leave DIGEST: The granting of administrative leave to an employee for acclimatization rest after he completed a full day of duty and traveled over 7 hours by air on return from Guam after crossing the international date line is a proper exercise of administrative authority. This is so since the Civil Service Commission has not issued general regulations covering the granting of administrative leave and, therefore, each agency, under the general guidance of the decisions of the Comptroller General, which are discussed in the applicable FPM Supplement, has the responsibility for determining the situations in which excusing employees from work without charge to leave is appropriate. This action concerns a request by the Director, Accounting Division, Region IX, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a decision as to whether it is within HUD's authority to grant excused absence without charge to annual leave or loss of pay to an employee for acclimatization rest after he has completed a full day of duty, traveled 7 hours and 35 minutes by air on return from Guam, and crossed the international date line. As a general rule, we render formal decisions only to heads of Departments and agencies, disbursing and certifying officers, and to claimants who have filed monetary claims with our Office. See 31 U.S.C. §§ 74 and 82d. However, in view of the fact that the problems involved in the instant situation are of a recurring nature, we are treating the request as if it had been submitted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the broad authority of 31 U.S.C. § 74. The record shows that Mr. Donald G. Phillips, a HUD employee, whose official duty station was Honolulu, Hawaii, was traveling under Travel Authorization CTA #8, July 1, 1974, from Agana, Guam, to Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Phillips left Guam on December 6, 1974, at 11:55 p.m., after completing a full day's work. He arrived in Honolulu at 11 a.m. on December 6, 1974, having crossed the international date line while on a flight of 7 hours and 35 minutes. PUBLISH1ED DECISYC 55 Comp. Gen. IL U

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