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B-197134 1 (1981-06-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjmf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE TROLLER GENERAL DECISION .O TH UNITED STATES 0 l WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-197134 OATE: June 18, 1981 MATTER 6F: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - Yer Diem Allowances for Extended TrainingJ- Meritorious Claims OIGEST: Six civilian employees of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard received per diem at the higher rate in effect prior to August 1, 1976, during var- ious dates between May 28, 1977, and January 29, 1980. Change in JTR, effective August 1, 1976, reduced per diem to 55 percent for extended train- ing. No basis exists for allowing the higher per diem for the training per- formed after effective date of lower rate. However, since the overpayments resulted from administrative failure to implement the regulatory change in the per diem rate over an extended period of time, the rate reduction was so substantial, and the employees acted in good faith, the equities warrant reporting the claims to Congress under Meritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 236. This decision is rendered with respect to six employees at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNS), Department of the Navy, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, who, while attending training schools for periods in excess of 120 days commencing at various dates during the period May 28, 1977, to January 29, 1980, were paid per diem allowances in excess of that authorized by the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). The Comptroller's Department, PHNS, has collected all of the indebted- nesses allegedly owed the United States from the six employees. The basis for the collection action was that the per diem rate authorized for civilian employees by the JTR, Volume 2, had been changed to a reduced rate of 55 percent of full per diem for extended train- ing of 120 days or more, effective August 1, 1976. <o!73M

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