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B-184797 1 (1976-09-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcze0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION- .. C 4 -& C * FILE: B-184791 MATTER OF: DIGEST: DATE: SEP 18'176( Lester Yeingst - Claim for environmental pay --Evidence to support In absence of official records claim of Air Force employee for environmental pay may be paid under best evidence rule to the extent that time and attendance records substantiate employee's personal record of qualified hours worked. See cited decisions. Major C. T. Woolsey, Chief of the Accounting and Finance Division, Headquarters Oklahoma Air Logistics Center (AFLC), Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, requests an advance decision as to the propriety of certifying for payment the voucher of Mir. Lester Yeingst representin2 environmental pay. Mr. Yeingst's eligibility for environmental pay under -subchapter SS-7 of the Federal Personnal Manual Supplement 532-1 is not at issue. However, no official records were kept of the time periods during which the employee was entitled to environmental pay. Mr. Yeingst's claim in the amount of $440.41 covers the time period from !hrch 6, 1972, through July 12, 1974. The only evidence substantiating the time worked for which environmental pay is claimed consists of time and attendance records of the agency and the employee's personal log. The enployee's supervisor has determined the claim based on estimates from his log are reason- able and proper. However, there are 14 conflicts between the employee's log and time and attendance records. In the absence of official records 1Pajor Woolsey inquires (1) if the claim can be paid based on the employee's log in light of the conflicts or discrepancies and (2) if the claim cannot be paid based on the above, is any part payable. The rule with regard to evidence in support of claims is that in the absence of official records payment may be made on the basis of the most accurate estitate possible after consideration of all available records. Thus, we have held that in cases where it is known that over a period of time an erployee has perforned duty for which he is entitled to additional pay and doubt exists only as to the particular days or hours on which qualifying work was performed, payment may be based on the most reasonable estimate after consideration of all available records. 50 Corp. Gen. 767 (1971); B-180206, July 16, 1974; B-170182, December 26, 1973. S THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 20546 V- 4 Y 0 I*r4

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