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B-200040 1 (1981-05-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjjk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0EC'SICN4 FILE: MATTER DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED BTATEB WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 -0UUU4U DATE: May 6, 1981 OF: Jack L. Rhoades UTemporary duty allowanceA lodging - An employee on temporary duty to a high-cost geographical area for purposes of recruiting new employees for his agency rents a room in a hotel as his personal lodging and in which he also conducts interviews of prospectivd' candidates for employment. Employee may not be reimbursed for all or part of the rental of the room as a necessary expense of con- ducting Government business rather than as part of his actual expense for lodging since he incurred no extra expense for such lodging due to the interviews conducted there. This action is in response to a request for a decision submitted by the Certifying Officer, Richland Operations Office of the Department of Energy, regarding the proper lodging charge for actual expenses for tempo- rary duty to a high-cost geographical area in the case of Mr. Jack L. Rhoades, an employee. The question pre- sented is whether the employee should be charged the cost of the hotel room as a part of his actual expenses where the hotel room was used both for his personal lodging and for interviewing candidates for employment. The answer is yes. Three employees of the Richland Operations Office, including Mr. Rhoades, traveled from Richland, Washington, to San Francisco, California, for the purpose of conduct- ing interviews of prospective new employees. All three individuals rented rooms at the Airport Hilton Hotel in San Francisco at a cost of $47.52 per night, the normal single occupancy rate. The rooms were used by each employee for interviewing candidates and for personal lodging. Upon return, two of the employees, including Mr. Rhoades, submitted travel vouchers claiming reim- bursement for the room rental costs separately as offi- cial business costs for conducting Government business, the interviewing of prospective new employees. They made no claim for lodging expense under their authorized actual and necessary expenses. In a review of the vouchers the agency determined that the cost of the rooms should properly be charged ~41E7 (a / ?O 3 L_/ (Y)

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