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B-192718 1 (1979-03-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhad0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . / OF THE UNITED STATES W ASH!NGTON. 0.C. 2 054 FILE: B-192718 DATE: March 14, 1979 MATTER OF: Calvin A. Ehly - Temporary duty - abandonment L At/EL n (111 ( To Aocv DIGEST: Employee abandoned temporary duty travel prior to reporting to temporary duty location because living acco odad for hf`®1m~ an d isf fam ilIy could not be secured at a reasonable rate. Single quarters were available at cost within the per diem allowance. He is not entitled to any expenses for the travel since paragraph C4463 of 2 Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) authorizes payment of travel expenses to point of abandon- ment of travel only when abandonment is for per- sonal reasons of the employee and these reasons are acceptable to the agency or department con- cerned. There is no basis for payment of return travel unless employee completes assignment. This action is in response to a( s- for advance decision from Wr. C. M. Abernathy.Disbursing Officer, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He questions the propriety of certifying a voucher representing reimbursement of travel expenses to Mr. Calvin A. Ehly incurred in connection with a temporary duty assignment that was not performed. Mr. Ehly is not entitled7to travel expenses . as claimed for the following reasons. Mr. Ehly was directed to travel from Tracyton, Washington, to Dam Neck, Virginia, to attend a training course from July 5 through August 26, 1977. Apparently, annual leave was authorized to be taken in connection with his official travel. He and his depend- ents departed his residence by privately owned conveyance on June 18, 1977, and arrived in Norfolk, Virginia, on June 30, 1977. On arrival he was unable to .secure housing for himself and his dependents for less than $250 a week. He then telephoned his supervisor, the travel requesting official and received approval to return to his permanept duty station. The Navy Regional Finance Center denied Mr. Ehly's entitle- ment to any travel expenses since the Government is not responsible for inconvenience incurred by reason of dependents accompanying an employce on temporary duty. 45 (I U! 42A 4

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