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B-201258 1 (1980-12-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaditb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - 0iVLER THETCOMVIPTRO.LELR GENERAL DECISIONA . OF THE UNITED BTATES WASHINGTON, 0. 2054 FILE: B-201258 DATE: December 10. 1980 MATTER OF: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Use of Travel Agents DIGEST: Although finding was made after travel was performed, where civilian agency determines that use of reduced fares has resulted in monetary savings to Government, and was advantageous to Government, procurement of transportation through group arrangement made by travel agent is authorized under Federal Travel Regulations para. 1-3.4b which is an exception to general restric- tions against use of travel agents for procurement of official Government travel, see. 4 CFR 52.3 (1980). A certifying officer of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requests our opinion whether or not payment of three purchase orders is proper. These purchase orders were issued to cover the purchase of airline tickets through a travel agent for participants in the EEOC Trial Advocacy Training program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. EEOC asks that we review these purchase orders to determine whether our restr-ictions against the use of travel agents to procure official Government travel, see 4 Code of Federal Regulations 52.3, or other legal authority prohibits payment of these purchase orders. The agency has advised us that its use of the travel agent was permitted under the Federal Travel Regula- tions (FTR) S 1-3.4(b)(2) which authorizes use of travel agents to arrange group or charter travel. With respect to civilian employees of the United States, paragraph 1-3.4(b) of the FTR publishes pro- visions relating to the use of reduced fares offered by the carriers and by the travel agents. Subpara- graph (1) provides for the use of the lower fares

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