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B-198775 1 (1981-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjhx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9dv- A,4, a2 .. DECISION THE CJM7PZ17L GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, • C. 20549 FILE: B-198775 DATE: April 16. 1981 MATTER OF: Robert A. Jacobsen - Meal Expenses on Travel - Reasonableness DIGEST: 1. Employee on temporary duty assign- ment to New York City who was autho- rized actual subsistence expenses claimed reimbursement of dinner ex- pense. Agency determined this expense was not prudently incurred and disallowed entire amount of employee's dinner expense. Total disallowance was improper because agency has duty in first instance to determine what constitutes a reasonable amount for meal expenses. Dinner voucher is returned for agency action. When agency makes that determination, we will not overturn it unless its determina- tion is clearly erroneous, arbi- trary, or capricious. 2. Employee on temporary duty travel who was authorized actual subsist- ence expenses claims breakfast expense incurred in returning home. Breakfast expense is not necessary expense of official travel prudently incurred when employee, instead of having breakfast meal at-home at customary time, elects on basis of personal preference to purchase meal at train station at 12:30 a.m. while still in travel status. This decision is in response to the request of E. B. Kirkpatrick, the Accounting and Finance Officer for the Defense Investigative Service, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. Mr. Kirkpatrick's inquiry relates to an expense voucher submitted by Mr. Robert A. Jacobsen, a employee of the Defense Investigative Serv- ice-, which requests reimbursement of subsistence ex- penses incurred/by Mr. Jacobsen jhile he was on tempo- rary duty in New York City3 New York.

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