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B-196030 1 (1979-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhuh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-196030 DATE: December 11, 1979 MATTER OF: Thomas D. Voglesonger DIGEST: Agency reduced employee's eimbursement for meal expenses on basis that costs for first 10-day perio exceeded average cost in valid statistical reference. As agency action is not clearly erroneous, arbitrary, or capri- cious, we will not substitute our judgment for that of agency. See Jesse A. Burks, 55 Comp. Gen. 1107 (1976); amplified in 56 Comp. Gen. 604 (1977). Should we approve for payment a reclaim voucher of $96.10 for an employee's meal expenses incurred while occupying temporary quarters incident to a change of permanent station? The voucher represents the amount deducted because the meal expenses exceeded the standard used by the agency. Since the record does not show that the agency's reduction was clearly erroneous, arbitrary, or capricious, we will not approve payment. The question was .presented by Claude F. Pickelsimer, Jr., Director, Financial Management Office, Department of Health,P Education, and Welfare (HEW) and concerns the voucher of Thomas D. Voglesonger, an HEW employee. Mr. Voglesonger was transferred from Kansas City, Missouri, to Jackson, Mississippi. 'For a 30-day period during April and May 1979, the employee, his wife, and two children (ages 1 and 4) were authorized temporary lodging and subsistence incident to this transfer. When Mr. Voglesonger sought reimbursement of his ex- penses for the 30-day period, the agency disallowed $96.10 of his meal expenses for the first 10-day period as excessive. The agency made its determination on the basis that the employee and his family had exceeded the average meal expenses in the Runzheimer Menl-T.odging Cost Index (Runzheimer Index) for Jackson, Mississippi, January 1979. The reimbursement to employees of the expenses of subsist- ence while occupying temporary quarters is governed by the provi- sions of chapter 2, part 5 of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) 1iOY&

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