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B-190755 1 (1978-06-15)

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DECISION .                 . OP   THU UNITED STATES
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FILE:   8-190755


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DATE:   June 15, 1978


Dr. Karl 0. Kessler -Travel expenses
while on leave


1.  Employee'stationed in Washingto, D.C., area
    traveled to France on temporary duty.. Upon
    completion of official business he traveled
    to Vacation point on authorized leave of
    absence.  His.leave was terminate.! by
    directionp to return t Washington.  Where
    circumstances of employee's pecall to
    duty fall within criteria suggested in
    39 Comp. Gen. 611 (1960), auithorization
    of 5 or more days' leave and recall to duty
    within 24 hours of arrival'at leave point,
    agency'may reimburse experses of travel
    from leave point to temporary duty point,
    notwithstanding abseaice of applicable
    agency regulation. B-190646, January 25,
    1978, distinguished.


2.  Employee claims reimbursemert of wife's
    travel expenses and for'ftetture of hotel
    deposit incident to cancellation of ap-
    proved leave. There is no authority
    which would provide a basis to pay
    claimed expenses. See B-176721, November
    1972.


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              .  Employee-,on approved annual leave in Fl'ate
                 upon completion of.official business there,
                 claims reimbursement for cost of conversion
                 of special -excursion-fare ticket to regular
                 fare ticket upon cancellation of leave due
                 to receipt of ordihr to return to Washington,
                 D.C.  Payment  y, be allowed where entitle-
                 ment to excursion fare was nullified due to
                 early departure an official bufiness.

     This action responds to the request by Ms. Emma Axline, an
authorized certifying officer of the National Bureau of Standards
(Bureau), U.S. Department of Courerce, for an advance decision


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