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B-199953 1 (1981-06-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjmc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-199953 MATTER DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 DATE: June 18, 1981 OF: Ms. Lucy Badenhoop -[Claim for eimbursement of cost of commercial quarters 1. Civilian employee of Air Force on temporary duty may not be reimbursed for commercial lodging when she did not attempt to obtain statement as required by 2 JTR para. C1055 from appropriate authority that utilization of Government quarters would not be in the best interests of the Government. 2. Determination of whether use by temporary duty employees with foreign military sales responsibilities of Government or commercial quarters will best reflect administrative costs to be charged purchasers of defense services under section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. S 2792(b) (Supp. I 1977), is to be made by the offi- cial designated by Joint Travel Regulations. This decision is in response to the claim of Ms. Lucy Badenhoop, a civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force, for reimbursement of the cost of commercial auarters while on temp- orary duty (TDY) at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah. Ms. Badenhoop's permanent duty station is at McClellan AFB, California where she is employed in the area of foreign military sales (FMS). By orders dated October 1, 1979, she was assigned 16 days of TDY from October 2 to 19, 1979, at Hill AFB to attend classes in the International Logistics Program. During her TDY, she stayed in commercial quarters at the Holiday Inn, Ogden, Utah. Upon her return to McClellan AFB she submitted voucher T-3381 which included a claim for reimbursement of $348.84 for lodging. Since she did not file a certificate of nonavailabilitv of Government quarters, her claim for reimbursement of the cost of commercial quarters was denied by the Air Force, relying on 2 Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) para. C1055 (the Regulation) which, in relevant part, provides: I. GENERAL. Although an employee may not be required to utilize Government quarters, when ade- quate Government quarters are available but not used, the payment of the quarters portion of the '/ 72,3

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