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B-200081 1 (1981-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjge0001 and id is 1 raw text is: _o.LLR tr, /7L~ 6 7. T E COMPTRVILLER GENERAL OECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0 C. 20548 NITE9 FILE: B-200081 --' DATE: March 25, 1981 MATTER OF: Da eLHeald -Actual subsistence expens Employee who remains overnight in high-rate geographical area (HRGA) before proceeding to temporary duty location in non-HRGA as scheduled because he had been in work or travel status from before 8 a.m. until after 4 p.m. and further travel would have required extensive driving over unfamiliar roads acted prudently under the circumstances. He may be reimbursed actual subsistence expenses based on the unusual circumstances of the travel assignment since, consistent with FTR para. 1-8.lc(3)(d), he necessarily occupied lodgings in an HRGA. The same is true with regard to his return to HRGA the following night be- cause of forecasted winter storm and because of early morning flight the next day. This action is in response to a request dated August 22, 1980, from Mr. Robert Caswell, Authorized Certifying Officer, Department of the Interior, for an advance decision concerning the claim of Mr. Dale Heald for actual subsistence expenses incurred while on temporary duty. Mr. Heald performed temporary duty from March 17 through March 28, 1980, at Albuquerque, New Mexico; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Phoenix, Arizona. Although Mr. Heald performed official business in Brigham City, Utah, on March 20, he spent the evenings of March 19 and 20 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a high-rate geograph- ical area (HRGA). Mr. Heald claimed reimbursement of his subsistence expenses on an actual basis for March and 20 since he spent those evenings in an HRGA. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) only allowed reimbursement to the extent of $35 for those days, the per diem allowance for Brigham City, Utah, as Mr. Heald was required to be on duty at that location on those days. The Bureau disallowed his expenses in the amounts of $10.93 and $13.33, respectively, for March 19 and 20. 212 DIGEST:

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