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B-201382 1 (1981-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjrk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - - DECISION FILE: B-2013 MATTER OF: DIGEST: 1. • J. 382 Alexander Bell - Temporary quarters subsistence expenses - Transfer to Alaska Employee who was transferred to Alaska sought additional temporary quarters subsistence ex- penses beyond initial 30-day entitlement under discretionary authority provided in 5 U.S.C. § 5724a(a)(3) (1976). In accordance with its established policy, agency denied extension based on finding that employee's voucher did not justify necessity for additional time in temporary quarters and there was no evidence that extension was required for reasons be- yond employee's control or unique to partic- ular area. Since it is the responsibility of the employing agency, in the first in- stance, to determine that subsistence ex- penses are necessary and reasonable, GAO will not challenge agency's determination unless arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. 2. Transferred employee's claim for $30 per day for temporary quarters while residing with sister-in-law at new duty station is denied. Where employee seeks reimburse- ment for temporary quarters occupied at home of friend or relative, his claim may not be paid where employee has not furnished information as to extent the friend or rel- ative incurred additional expenses. The burden is on employee to supply necessary information supporting a claim and it is not sufficient to show merely that amount claimed is less than commercial rates or the maximum allowable rate. Mr. Claude F. Pickelsimer, Jr., Director, Financial Management Office, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, requests a decision concerning the propriety of paying temporary quar- ters subsistence expenses in the amount of $933.15, reclaimed by Mr. Alexander Bell, an employee of the Center for Disease Control (CDC). iL~i I h THE COMPTILLR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 DATE: August 26, 1981

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