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B-211775 1 (1983-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlje0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 13CISION i . OF THE UNITED STATES ~WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549 FILE: B-211775 DATE: October 5, 1983 MATTER OF: Thea D. Willenburg and Warren R. Ham - Home Leave Travel DIGEST: Two employees of the General Accounting Office traveled from their overseas duty stations in Frankfurt, Germany, to their actual places of residence in the United States for purposes of taking home leave. Subsequently, both employees performed round-trip travel from their residences to Honolulu, Hawaii, before returning to their duty stations in Frankfurt. The employees' trips to Hawaii constituted side trips which may not be regarded as part of circuitous travel within the pur- view of paragraph 1-2.5b of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981). Accordingly, expenses associated with the employees' trips to Hawaii maj not be paid by the Government. Mr. Harold T. Ownby, an authorized certifying officer of the General Accounting Office (GAO), requests an advance decision as to whether Ms. Thea D. Willenburg and Mr. Warren R. Ham, GAO employees stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, may be allowed certain travel expenses they incurred after returning to the United States for the pur- pose of taking home leave. Specifically, he questions whether the employees' round-trip travel from their home leave residences to Honolulu, Hawaii, may, for reimburse- ment purposes, be regarded as circuitous travel within the purview of para. 1-2.5b of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981) (FTR). We hold that the employ- ees' trips to Hawaii constituted side trips which may not be considered part of circuitous travel. Accordingly, travel expenses associated with the trips to Hawaii must be borne by the employees. In accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 5728 (1982), Ms. Willenburg was authorized round-trip travel from Frankfurt to Kanasas City, Kansas, her place of residence at the time of her assignment overseas, for the purpose of taking home leave during the months of December 1982, and

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