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B-210928 1 (1983-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlhq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OECISIONTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL IDECISION .~f.OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-210928 DATE:Sentember 13, 1911 MATTER OF: Robert Berman - Reconsideration of Claim for Locksmith Fee DIGEST: Employee requests reconsideration of prior decision denying claim for locksmith fee where employee locked himself out of rental car while on temporary duty. There is no authority for reimbursement of this claim since the employee has not shown the expense was essential to the transaction of official business. Mr. Robert Berman has requested reconsideration of our decision B-210928, April 22, 1983, denying his claim for reimbursement of a locksmith fee incurred during temporary duty travel when he locked himself out of his rental car. The facts in this case were set forth in our prior decision and will not be repeated here. We held in our prior decision that Mr. Berman's action in locking himself out of his rental car was the proximate cause of his incurr- ing the locksmith fee. Therefore, we held that the lock- smith fee was not essential to the transaction of official business and could not be reimbursed under the applicable travel regulations. We also held that the situation was similar to that in our decision in Alex Perge, B-198824, January 23, 1981, where we denied an employee's claim for the fee charged by a hotel when the employee locked his key in his room. On appeal, Mr. Berman argues his situation differs from our decision in Perge since th& employee in that case had completed his official business while Mr. Berman had to retrieve his keys in order to continue his temporary duty assignment. In addition, Mr. Berman argues that the fee charged in the Perqe decision was more like a fine or penalty by the hotel rather than the fee in his situation which was more analogous to the cost of repairs. While there may be differences between Mr. Berman's situation and the situation presented in our Perge decision, (j~5~iZ~

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