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B-166802 1 (1976-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddfo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .4 DECISION .,. , ~ '~THE COMPTROLLER GENk RAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2'0548 DATE: B-166802 FEB 2 6 1976 5 MATTER OF: Travel Expenses - Attendants for Handicapped Award Recipients Where handicapped employee selected to be honored under the Government Employees Incentive Awards Program is unable to travel unattended because of his particular handicap and would otherwise be unable to attend award ceremony, travel expenses for an attendant to accompany him in traveling to and from the award ceremony may be paid by the employing agency as a necessary expense for the honorary recognition of that particular employee under 5 U. S.C. 5 4503 (1970). Cf. B-166802, June 13, 1975, 54 Comp. Gen. 1754. The Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission has requested our opinion whether payment of travel exoenses may be made to an attendant who accompanies a handicapped employee to Its annual special award ceremony for outstanding handicapped Federal employees or to a major honorary award ceremony by a department or agency. The award ceremony conducted by the Civil Service Commission is in furtherance of the Government's policy of nondiscrimination in employment because of physical handicaps as set forth at 5 U. S. C. § 7153 (1970). With respect to the award ceremony itself, sub- chapter 9-6 of chapter 306 of the Federal Personnel Manual states as follows: 9-6 AWARD CEREMONY All 10 finalists will be honored at an appropriate ceremony held in March of each year in Washington, D. C. Travel costs and per diem for the finalists (and their escorts when required, e. g., when the finalist is blind, or confined to a wheelchair, or similarly handicapped as to require assistance in travel) will be paid by the employing agency. A questiqp has been raised concerning the propriety of the above statement that attendant travel expenses may be paid by the employing FILE: DIGEST: n qe 3

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