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B-205638 1 (1982-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9 .bi CECIILWJT&1Li COPTROLEROUNEPJAL DECISIONa F H UNITH BTATWO W A 8 1HINUGTO N, o0, R054 FIL I: B-205638 IATE: July 30, 1982 MATTER OF: Dennis L. Kemp T !'iporary Quarters - Subsistenc-. Expense DIG3ESTs A transferred enplcyee rec1aims arrc nt of subsistence oxpense&' disallowed by his agency as unreasonable in u a'cordance with the.Federal Travel Regulationo and Depart- menat of Agriculture statiticqs for grocery *xpenses for th u ize of the employee's gamily. fcHever, tlhe employee ('Ld not incul, grocery expenses as his family's meals were purchased in restaurants, Therefore, the st\tlistical basis for reduclion rolied upcn by the agency 4cos not appear to be germane. The employing agency hs tni41,al' reaponsi- bllty to determine reas6nableness of expenditures foc subsstenqe while oPtcupying temporary quarters. The agenqy should ma);e a new determination of re-asonAbleness based upon valid statistical reference and the agency experience of other employees undew sgmilar circimstances that miqht be relevant. This decision rosults fron the suiassion by an authorized certifying officer of the Department of Health and Human Services (HIIS) of the roclaim voucher of Dennis Le Kmp, an employee of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, for an additional amount of zubsistence while occupying' temporary quarters which was deducted from his original vouchar on the basis that his meal expenses were unreascnably high. Under the analysis which follows we determine that the agency reduction was not based upon relevint statistical data, and the agency is instructed to review the reasonableness of the meal expense in accordancewith this decision. Mr. Kemp was transferted fran Dea Moines.&1 Iowa to Wihita, Kansas. For a 30-day period during. February and March 1981, the employee, his wife and three children (ages 11, 9, and 9-months) were author- ized temporarylodging and vubsietence because of his transfor. When Mr. Kemp sought reimbursement of his expenses for the 30-day period, the agency disa2..iwed 'I ' I

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