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B-198301 1 (1980-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadifq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 10 13r/ $/2; 4 THIE COMPTRODLLER G~ENERAL DE IIN0r -F THE U N ETED STATES VVA NGT 0 .C . 2 0 54G FILE: B-198301 DATE: May 1, 1980 MATTER OF: Department of the Interior - Lnadvertent A*JZ933 use of Travel Agent DIGEST: Employee of Department of Interior and tray- eler whose transportation is reimbursable by that Department, unaware of regulation precluding use of travel agents, purchased airline tickets from travel agencies with personal funds. Reimbursement is permis- sible in an amount not exceeding cost of transportation if transportation had been purchased directly from carrier. The Assistant Secretary for -Policy, Budget and Ad- ministration of the United States Department of the In- terior (Interior) requests an exemption from our restrictions against the use of travel agents to procure official Government travel, see 4 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 52.3, for an Interior employee and another traveler whose travel is to be paid by Interior. The purpose of the exemption is to permit reimbursement for roundtrip air fare purchased from travel agents with personal funds. The travel involved transportation to Washington, D.C., in connection with a meeting with Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus concerning the Pacific 'isarMnagement Council Salmn-Mnaement Plan for 1980. The Assistant Secretary states that both travelers responsible for procuring the passenger trans- portation services from the travel agents were unaware of the requirement restricting the use of travel agencies. Furthermore, he states that Interior personnel are currently being advised of the restrictions on the use of travel agents for official Government travel, and he believes that equity and fairness dictate that an exemption should be authorized in this instance since the Government received the benefit of the transportation. In our decision, B-103315, August 1, 1978, in re- sponse to a similar request by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) we held that members or civilian employees of the uniformed services who individually purchase official transportation from

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