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B-186252 1 (1976-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddyi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L d. 4 C:) THE CIMPTROLLER GNERAL 0 DECISION -/ *OF THE UNITt1D STATEU WASHINGTON, D.C. 20fi40 FILE; 1-186252 DATE: October 20, 1976 MATTER OF; Noel Jo Raufaste, Jr. - Long distance telephone calls DIGEST: Employeq of National lvzeau of Standards claimed payment for long distance telephone calls front Philippine Islands to residence in Maryland, Employee stated calls were made to residence as agency office was closed due to time difference and information was relayed to office later, Payment may be made only if an agency official designated under 31 U.,C. 680a determines and certifies thc.t calls were on public business and in interest of Government. Ms. Emma Axtine, an authorized certifying officer, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, by letter of MInrch 30, 1976, has requested an advance decision regarding the propriety of certifying for payment the claim of Mr. oel J. Raufaste, Jr. for long distance telephone calls from the Philippine Islands to his residence in Maryland while traveling on official business. Mr. Raufaste states that the telephone calls involved official business, i.e., the status of agency activities in the Philippines, and were made to his residence instead of his office because his office was closed due to the difference in time. The statrus reports were then communicated to his office. 31 U.S.C, 680a (1970) requires tjat long distaace telephone calls must be for the transaction of public busineas and that a head of an agency or his designee certify that such calls are in the interest of the Government before payment thereof 13 made from appropriated funds. There is no evidence in the record before us to indicate that the certification requited by the statute has been obtained. The travel voucher submitted by Mr. Raufaste on September 24, 1975, is the earlier Standard Form 1012 which does not contain a certification for long distance telephone calls. The reclaim travel voucher, which he submitted on March 15, 1976, is the revised SF 1012, August 1970, containing such a certification for approval by a designated officer, but it is not signed.

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