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B-185375 1 (1976-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddoi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C ~0%,LER 0, oa THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 t %ITED FILE: DATE: APR 2.0 1976 3-185375 MATTER OF: Dr. Helen M. Ondik - Abandonment of temporary duty assignment DIGEST: Employee was advised of father's death while on annual leave in Europe en route to temporary duty in Amsterdam and abandoned anticipated temporary duty assignment to attend to funeral arrangements. She may not be reimbursed cost of return travel to United States but may be reimbursed travel expenses incurred to the point of abandonment not to exceed the cost of direct travel to the temporary duty point. Employee may also be reimbursed advance registration fee paid in connection with anticipated temporary duty assignment for which refund could not be obtained. This decision is rendered in response to a request for an advance decision by Ms. Emma Axline, a certifying officer of the National Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Commerce. Forwarded with the certifying officer's request is a voucher in the amount of $612.22 submitted by National Bureau of Standards employee, Dr. Helen M. Ondik. The amount claimed covers round- trip air fare between Washington, D.C., and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, of $539 and a registration fee of $73.22. The $612.22 claim arises in connection with Dr. Ondik's anticipated attendance at a meeting of the International Union of Crystallography in Amsterdam from August 5 through August 15, 1975. On July 17, 1975, Dr. Ondik was issued travel orders directing her attendance at the above meeting. Her travel orders authorized her travel to begin on or about July 20, 1975, to permit her to take approximately 11 days of annual leave in Norway and Denmark from July 21 through August 4, 1975. On August 3, while still on annual leave, Dr. Ondik was notified of her father's death. She returned to the United States on the following day to attend to the necessary funeral arrange- ments. Because she returned to the United States after Just 2 weeks abroad, Dr. Ondik was required to pay an additional fee of $66 to supplement the original excursion rate round-trip air fare of $473 she had initially paid in anticipation of a

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