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B-185374 1 (1976-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-185374 DATE: JU '1 JUL 2 9 1976 MATTER DIGEST: OF: Per Diem for Temporary Duty En Route to First Official Duty Station Employee of Department of Defense was not authorized per diem during period of training prior to reporting to first official duty station because of agreement between personnel and finance officers not to pay per diem to employees whose residence was less than 50 miles from training se. Subject employee resided 18 miles from training location. Decision not to authorize per diem was proper exercise of agency discretion in light of continuing policy that per diem is to be paid only where necessary to cover increase in expenses of employees arising from temporary duty. This matter arises from a request for an advance decision, submitted by a Special Disbursing Agent of the Department of Defense, concerning the authority for denying per diem to a newly appointed employee, during a period of temporary duty training, en route to his first permanent duty station. The submission was forwarded through the Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Committee, and was assigned PDTATAC Control ;o. 75-33. The subject employee was a new appointee, whose first permanent duty station was overseas. Prior to traveling to that duty station he was required to undergo approximately 30 days temporary duty for training and orientation. His travel orders specified that travel involved in the temporary duty was to be at no expense to the Government. The employee learned that other individuals undergoing the same training and orientation, and destined for the same duty station, were paid per diem during the period of tem-orery duty. He has now submitted a voucher for the appropriate amount of per diem. During the investigation relating to the claim voucher, it was learned that the decision not to pay per diem was based upon a 1968 memorandum of understanding between the cognizant personnel and finance uffices, that provided that all employees I £' - (~{jj r7ry ~- -~-.--- E~ISII L97 ? I K.- F I THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 1455 \ OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 1 7

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