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B-209285 1 (1983-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkyk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 2054B FILE: B-209285 DATE: Mrch 22, 1983 MATTER OF: George J. Keenan and Gerald S. Goodman - Travel Expenses and Grant of Leave to Attend Meeting as Labor Organization DIGEST: Representatives 1. Prior to the effective date of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, two employees of the Defense Contract Audit Agency incurred travel expenses while attending a meeting in their capacity as union representa- tives. The employees are not entitled to reimbursement for travel that is not certified to be of primary interest to the Government, since neither Executive Order 11491 nor the applicable Joint Travel Regula- tions (2 JTR para. C4506) author- izes such reimbursement. Neither labor nor management called the meeting or requested the partici- pation of the employees, and the meeting was for purposes of discussion only. 2. The determination of whether to excuse employees from duty without charge to leave when the employees are representing labor organizations at a meeting is within the discretion of the agency. Such determination will stand unless the agency action is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law. This is in response to a request from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), for reconsidera- tion of our Claims Group's settlements, Z-2709738, and Z-2709739, dated April 4, 1977. The settlements disallowed the claims of Messrs. George J. Keenan (now deceased) and Gerald S. Goodman for grant of leave and reimbursement for -:7~ ?'

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