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B-189417 1 (1977-12-21)

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B-189417


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DATE:  December 21, 1977


Robert E,. Larrabce, Per Diem


1. Employee  purrhased residence at temporary
   duty location after assignment there, relocated
   household and rented out residence at perma-
   nent duty station. He may be paid a per diem
   allowance in .,onnection with occupancy of
   purchased residence while on temporary duty
   based on the meals and misceilaneous expenses
   allowance pluz a proration of monthly interest,
   tax, and utility costs actually incurred. Case
   is distinguished from 56 Comp. Gen. 223 (1977)
   innolving employee whosT second residence,
   where he lodged while on temporary duty, was
   maintained as result of employee's desire to
   maintain second re.zdence without regard to
   temporai.y duty ascignment,


         2.  Employee given temporary duty assignment
             for a 5-month period, which assignment was
             extened foi 2 additional 6-month periods, may
             be paid per diem while at that location since
             circumastanrces do m at demonstrate that agency's
             designation of assignment as for temporary duty
             rather than as a permanent change of station was
             improper. Circumstances  should be reevaluated
             prospectively to determine whether employee's
             continued assignment to that location should now
             be made on the basis of a permanent change of
             station.

   This deciston is rendered in response to a request submitted by
the disbursing officer for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,
California, for an advance decision concerning reimbursement of
the travel expenses claimed by Mr. Robert E. Larrabee. The
travel claims in question cover the period from February 9, 1976,
through April 30, 1977, during which period Mr. Larrabee was
assigned to temporary duty as the Navy's technical representative
at a contractor's facility in Richardson, Texas. The disbursing of-
ficer's question concerning reimbursement of the amounts claimed


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