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B-192691 1 (1979-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgyl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I 1. DECISION FILE: B-1926 y. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . F')P T.HE HUNITED BTATEB 91 DA SHINGTN P NuCa 2 9798 91 DATE: Februiary 20, 1979 MATTER OF: Mary I, Smith--Long distance telephone calls DIGEST: Emploe rug Enforcement Adilnistration cfliitd p;ty ieit for long distancetfelphohe call from f ta, Colombia, to residen6c in ArifiAIton, Vifiia, to notlfj her faimily of,her locatior ir event of emergency. Since she had no advan& notice of travel required or where shetwoiild be staying, and since agency official designated under 31 U. S. C. 680a (1976) has cer- tified that such call was in interest of Government, payment nliny be made. See 56 Comp. Gen. 28 (1976). This 'action1is in,.respdnse to a request frdi'Mr. Edwin J. Fost, Chief, .Accountihg'Section Office of the .Controller, Drug Enforce- ment Admiiiistraition (DEA), Department ofJustice, for a decision on the reclaim voucher submitted by Mrs. Mary.H. Smith, a DEA employee, for reimburserient of a long distance telephone call ($26. 33) from Bogota, Colombia, to Arlington, Virginia. The pertinent facts ar reported as follows: 1. Mrs. Smiith was sent to Bogota, Colombia in connection with, the fatal shooting of one of our agents on Decem- ber 13, 1976. 4,4 2. Aft htime'of deprtLre from Washington, DC enroute to Bogota, ColomIa, Mrs. Smith had no knowledge of where she would 14e staying since she had no advance notice of the assignnent. 3. The country as ih a'state bf revolt when she arrived aiii1 certain :precauitins were advised because of t'iis. She' felt her family should be notified of her exact location in ttie event of an emergency. A telephone call was made to her fArnily and the cost has been vouchered by her for reimbursement ($26.33). Mrs. Smith departed for logota from her residence on December 14, 1976 (under orders issued the same day), and returned to Washington on December 16, 1976. h \ oqj

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