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B-200601 1 (1981-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjox0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-200601 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 DATE: July 31, 1981 MATTER OF: Thomas Anderson - Weekend Return Travel DIGEST: 1. Forest Service employee who is on temporary duty (TDY) assignment and receiving per diem returned home for weekend. His travel ex- penses amounted to a total of $203.14. If he had remained at TDY station, he would have been entitled to a total of $70 per diem. Since employee's weekend round-trip travel was more than what would have been allowed had he remained at TDY station, employee was properly reimbursed $70. See Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) (FPMR 101-7) paras. 1-7.5c and 1-8.4f (May 1973). 2. Until such time as General Services Admini- stration issues guidelines concerning cost analysis, agencies can still effectively perform comparative analyses of costs of periodic weekend return travel versus any savings associated with increased efficiency and productivity, as well as costs of recruit- ment and retention. However, mere statement by agency that 3 week TDY assignment is sufficient to allow employees' travel expenses for voluntary weekend return travel does not comply with above analysis as no basis exists upon which to determine that net savings would accrue to Government as required in 55 Comp. Gen. 1291 (1976). 3. Where employee did not perform official duties during weekend return to residence and travel expenses of $203.14 substantially exceed $70, which would have been incurred had he remained at TDY station, travel ex- penses may not be authorized under agency's discretionary authority to direct employees to return to official station. /zelif A~A~-Y~2 --I-re- _Ve

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