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B-206366 1 (1982-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkfn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COVPTRO1L.LUR GENERAt ceCISIoN OFTHEUNITID -STATIE 1.WASHINGTOND.C. 2054 !a FILE: B-206366 DATE: April 7, 1982 MATTER OF: Marine Corps--Request for Advance Decision DIGEST: GAO authorizes payment of bills submitted by travel agent for tickets issued to two Marine Corps employees where both the travelers and the travel agency apparently acted in good faith and the Marine Corps has taken steps to prevent r~currence of the use of travel agents, provided the certifying officer determines that payment would not be in excess of costs that would have been incurred if the Govern- ment had obtained the tickets directly 'from the carrier, and requires that the travel agent submit proof of payment to the carrier or agrees to indemnify t-he Governament against possible claims by the carrier. Major W. W. Macey, an authorized certifying officer (Director of Accounting), United States Marine Corps (Marine Corps), requests pern4ssion to pay Travelmation, Inc. (Travelmation), a travel agent, for air transporta- tion services procured through the inadvertent use of the travel agent by two civilian employees of the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Sacramento, California. The travel agent accepted the Government transportation requests (GTR), issued the tickets, and billed the 7 Marine Corps. The request originally was made to the General Services Administvation (GSA), which referred 4! the matter to GAO. The record indicates that there is no airline ticket office in Redding, California, the point of origin of the travel in both instances. The two Marine Corps * I employees used Travelmation to obtain tickets in exchange for GTR's, which eliminated the need for these employees K. 9to use their own funds to purchase the tickets and then seek reimbursement. Travelmatiun submitted two invoices and GTR's to the Marine Corps. One bill is for a roundtrip - coach ticket, between Redd/ng, California, and San Francisco ,/ 2I 9i . *1 9.

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