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B-199793 1 (1980-09-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadioe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Although official duties of the District Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District require that he be available 24 hours a day to respond to problems arising from the Cuban Refugee Freedom Flotilla, 31 U.S.C. 679 prohibits the District Commander from being reimbursed by the Government for the costs associated with installing and maintaining a telephone in his residence. See Comp. Gen. decisions cited. The issue is whether the District Commander of th6 Seventh Coast Guard District is entitled to be reimbursed for the costs associated with installing and maintaining a telephone in his office at his quarters in order to conduct official business. In light of the express statutory provision of 31 U.S.C. 679 (1976) prohibiting payment of such costs, the District Commander may not be reimbursed. The question was presented by letter of July 25, 1980, from Ms. Velma M. Jones, Authorized Certifying Officer, Seventh Coast Guard District. rThe District Commander 'of the Seventh Coast Guard District Bis in charge of the Cuban Refugee Freedom Flotilla in the Florida Straits. His duties require that he be available at all times for daily contact with the various local, state and Federal agencies involved. Presently, the District Commander has a telephone in his quarters for his and his family's personal use and for which he personally pays'. However, since the District Commander must be available 24 hours a day the extra telephone activity at his residence has created a burden on his immediate family to the extent that they can neither place nor receive personal calls._ Thus, to alleviate this situation the District Commander DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION d OTH UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE:B-199793 DATE: September 11, 1980Oe ? f MATTER OF: Telephone Usage - Private Residence

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