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B-188289 1 (1977-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadffv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L DE~lalJN . ;- . rwr D)ECISION 4t 7 tONIygU FILE- MATTER DIGEST: 8-188289 IrK COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED *TATEU WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 DATE: November 14, 1977 C 3. Certifying officers should certify fnr payment all properly allowable items on travel voucher and disallow only those which ire questionable relating to temporary quarters and subsistence expenses. Employee may then submit reclaim voucher for disallowed items. Certifying officers should also make determination in certifying original travel voucher as to what portion of temporary quarters and subsistence expenses are reasonable and forward such determinat4on with reclaim. By a letter dated January 25, 1977, Ms. Ruth W. Oxley, an authorized certifyIng officer with the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of thb. Interior, requested sar advance decision regarding the claim of Mr. Jack S. Sanders for subsistence expenses while I OF: Jack S. Sanders - Temporary quarters subsistence expenses 1. Transferred employee spent $597.40 for meals and $365.52 for groceries in 30-day period while occupying temporary quarters. Federal Travel Regulations (FFMR 101-7), para. 2-5.4a limits reimbursement to reasonable costs of meals (including groceries), and Department of Labor statstics indicate a family similar tu that of employee would have spent approxi- mately $300 per month on groceries if eating primarily at home. Therefore, grocery costs were unreasonable In light of number of meals consumed away £com home and may be adjusted downward. 2. Transferred employee took number of items in for dry cleaning and laundry on first day of occupancy of temporary quarters at now ditty station. Since it is not unreasnnable to delay laundry and routine cleaning immediately prior to moving from one location to another due to likelihood of clothes becoming soiled or wrinkled during move, these costs may be reim- bursed. I I I

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