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C THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION . . OF THE UN ITED STATES
a WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548
FILE: B-192540 ] DATE: April 6, 1979
MATTER OF: Ro and E. Groder - ommuting expenses
while on temporary duty
DIGEST:
Employee on temporary duty in New York, N.Y., a
high cost area, lodged at no cost to the Govern-
ment, 45 miles from duty station. In this case
commuting costs may be reimbursed in an amount
not to exceed the expenses that would have been
incurred had lodging been obtained in the high
cost area. No determination as to what is a
reasonable commuting distance in such situations
will be required but agencies should limit
employee's choice of lodging location adminis-
tratively so that unreasonable commuting times
will not be involved. Matter of Albert W.
Keller, B-189650, January 26, 1978, will no
longer be followed to the extent it indicates
a fixed limit on commuting distances.
Mr. V. Rushton, Disbursing Officer, Military Sealift Command,
Department of the Navy, requests an advance decision on the reclaim
of Mr. Roland E. Groder for $101.66 in connection with his temporary
duty assignment in New York City for expenses in commuting 45 miles
between Middletown, New Jersey, and New York City. The Disbursing
Officer asks whether under our prior decisionsa 50-mile radius is
considered a reasonable commuting distance and whether an agency
has discretionary authority to save funds in cases of this type
where a savings on travel per diem exceeds the added transporta-
tion costs. The Navy Regional Finance Center determined that the
employee's claim for travel expenses had been overpaid in the
amount of $101.66, citing Matter of Albert W. Keller, B-189650,
January 26, 1978. Collection of that amount has been suspended
pending receipt of our decision.
In Keller, we sustained the agency denial of a claim for
reimbursement of mileage and tolls between lodging and temporary
duty where the employee was assigned to temporary duty in New
Jersey and New York but lodged with his parents in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. We held that since the employee lodged s(me 75 to
90 miles from the temporary duty station and there is ro authority
authorizing mileage for travel outside immediate viciniky of the
temporary duty station the claim could not be paid. Relative
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