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B-202985 1 (1982-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkcy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ME4' S'I' H[09CMPTROILLMR GENERAL DECISION 3F HI uNITED STATtraES ,A.RH'Nc3TON, 0,0 a os4 FILE: B-202985 JAT E March 4, 1982 MATTER OF; Robert L, Stamnes .- Actual subsistence expenses DIGEST: Employee on temporary duty delayed return from temporary duty site in order to eat dinner. Because of this delay he also took a taxicab to the airport instead of using less expensive common darrner, Whether employee should be reimbursed meal and taxi costs depends on agency determination as to whether it was unreasonable to expect employee to eat dinner at home rather than before departure from temporary duty station. This action responds to a letter dated April 14, 1981, from Mr, Lyle R ,Brown, a cer tifying officer with the US ,Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), requesting an advance decision on the claim of Mr, Robert Stamnes for reimbursement for the cost of dinner and a taxi fare incurred incident to a temporary duty assignment, The question of whether an employee imprudently delayed his return to his permanent duty station and unnecessarily incurred additional costs is for determination by the agency. Mr. Stamnes was authorized travel from Seattle, Washington, to Portland, Oregon, and return on March 19, 1981. He concluded his official business in Portland in sufficient time to travel by c6mmon carrier to the airport and to board Northwest Airlines' 5:35 p.,m. flight to Seattle, Instead, he delayed his travel in order to eat dinner in Portland. Because of this delay he took a taxi to the airport and returned to Seattle by a Northwest Airlines flight which departed at 6:40 p.m. No meal was provided aboard either flight and travel by either qualified for the same reduced airfarc. The earlier flight arrived in Seattle at 6:13 p.m. Had he taken the earlier flight, it appears that he would have returned home before 7:30 p.m. The certifying officer inquires whether the cost of the meal and taxi should be reimbursed in light of Comptroller General decision Roscoe L. Simmons, B-189622, March 24, 1978. TheSTo case involved an employee who purchased dinner atEthe airport after his return flight and immediately

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