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B-186820 1 (1978-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfsl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Charl M THr COMPTROLLER GEra, DECISION OF THE UNITE a STA 5 WABHINGTOIN. 0. C. ;2O5sl1p 8-1868 20 DATE: February 23, 1978 MATTER OF: Thomas P. Woll - Travel Expenses DIGEST: 1. Employee was authorized a rental car under FTR para. 1-3.2 in connection with his attendance at a conference sponsored by various ,non-Government societies. Since record shows car was used on confr.rence business and employee stayed at hotel where conference was held, reimbursement may not be made except to extent proper agency official determines vehicle was used for official Government business. 2. Agency disallowed employee's claim for cost of lunch in accordance with Mat':er of Bonnie L. gIierce, B-1.85826, May 26, 1976, as lunch was purEiised after employee took airplane flight during which a meal was served. Employee reclaims cost because he lid not eat meal on plane as he had eaten a late breakfast .and was trying to adjust to new time frame which follows 5--hour east-to-west cross- country flight. Cost of lunch may not be reimbursed since employee has not provided sufficient justification for not eating meal provided by airline. 3. Long-distance telephone calls made from employee's hotel room may be reimbursed only if agency official designated under 31 U.S.C. 5 680a determines that said calls were in interest of the Government. See cited decisions. 4. Employee, who attended conference,-may be reimbursed $27 for cost of two luncheons although they were not listed in Conference brochure since they lare official luncheons which were not listed because they were limited to 30 persons each. However, he is not entitled to $86 for other Conference functions listed as optional social events since social events are not reimbursable. -A- 1* 0 FILE: CP if. * r I ii, C ,?I *

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