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B-187771 1 (1977-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfma0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 11 DECISION 0% FILE: B-187771 THU COMPTflCLLER GENERAL r OF THR UNITED STATi¶S WAUHINGTON, O. C. 20548 DATE: Dtcember 29, 1977 MATTER OF: Dr. Robert W. Rigg - Preemployment J-terview Travel Expenses flIGEST: 1. Applicant receive, .ravel expenses incident to preemployment interview. Travel occurred after issuance of r. Comptroller General decision allowing such expenses, but prior to the issuance of a Civil Service Commission instruction on the matter. Since neither the decision r - the instruction has any contrary effective date, the authority to pay for preemployment interview travel expenses is the date of the decision, subject to such limitations as the Commissaion sub- sequently prescribed. Applicant's expenses were properly paid. 2. Prospective employee who was reimbursed travel expenses for preemployment inter- view travel was properly reimbursed if such reimbursement wap made in accordance with the authority described in subcha.pter 1-3d and e of Attachment 2 to FPM Letter 571-6P, (I. e., 5 U. S. C. 5 5703 and the Federal Travel Regulations). Mr. Bert Z. Goodwin, Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Admin- istration (FAA), Department of Transportation, has requested a decision concerning the propriety of paying Dr. Robert W. Rigg, an FAA Medical Officer. the travel expenses he incurre icident to a preemployment interview. We shall treat the request as If made by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation inasmuch as it raises general questions needing clarification. Mr. Goodwin states the facts in this case as follows: Travel expenses were paid for Dr. Robert W. Rigg trom Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Anchorage, Alaska and return to Steamboat Springs. The amount of the travel voucher paid on an 'actual expense basis' was in the amuunt of $658. 62. The travel expenses were incurred during the period I ~7 1' Ix N A . I

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