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B-207527 1 (1982-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkta0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THIS COMPTROLLER INERAL ), DECI3ION O F THU UNITE S 5TATUE WADHINOTON D,0 --R0048 FILE: B-207527 DATE: oveinber 29, 1982 MATTER OFi Jesus Soto, Jr - Per Diem Computation of Average Coat of Lodgings - Annual Leave DIGEST: An employee rented a house for a month while on temporary duty, rather than obtaining lodgings on a daily basis. le went on annual leave for 1 day during the period but continued to occupy the rented lodgings that night. The employ- ee's average cost of lodging for the pur- pose of per diem computation on a lodgings- plus basis is to be determined by prorating the total rental cost over the 30 days of temporary duty, excluding the day of annual leave, if the agency determines the em- ployee acted prudently in obtaining the lodgings for a month and the cost to the Government does not exceed the cost of suitable lodging at a daily rate. This decision is in response to a request from Ms. Betty Gillham, an authorized certifying officer of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy, for advice as to the proper method of deter- mining the average cost of lodging when computing per diem by the lodgings-plus method when an employee goes on annual leave at a temporary duty site. Jesus Soto, Jr., an employee of BPA in Vancouver, Washington, was assigned to temporary duty in Madras, Oregon, for the month of March 1982, lie rented a house for the month at a cost the BPA has informed us did not exceed the cost of renting a suitable motel or hotel at a daily rate. Mr. Soto took 1 day of annual leave in the field during this period and the BPA stated it ap- peared he stayed that evening in the house he had rented. In computing Mr. Soto's average cost of lodging, the BPA prorated the rental cost over 31 days instead of the 30 days used by Mr. Soto, He was there- fore reimbursed an amount equal to 30 days of per diem at $42 per day, rather than 30 days at $43, to which he claims entitlement. The BPA has asked if the mathod of computation used was correct or whether to omit from the

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