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B-213339 1 (1984-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlmx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4t.E COMPTROLLER 09UNERAL OECISION . Op THE UNITED *TATEU WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-213339 DATE: January 1984 MATTER OF: Ellward H. Gegenheimer DIGEST: An employee on a temporary duty assignment to Washington, D.C., a high-cost geographical area where actual subsistence reimbursement rather than travel per diem is paid, claimed laundry and dry cleaning expenses of $28. His agency allowed reimbursement of $11 on the basis that an employee is not entitled to cleaning expenses incurred near the conclusion of an assignment so as to return home with clean clothes. The Comptroller General will not disturb the agency's determination since in this case it is not clearly erroneous, arbitrary, or capricious. Mr. Ellward H. Gegenheimer by letter of July 14, 1983, has appealed our Claims Group's denial of his claim for additional subsistence expenses. We affirm the Claims Group's finding that there is no basis to disturb the deter- mination of Mr. Gegenheimer's agency regarding a reasonable reimbursement for laundry and dry cleaning expenses claimed in connection with a temporary duty assignment. Mr. Gegenheimer, an Inspector with the United States Marshals Service, Department of Justice, whose duty station is New Orleans, Louisiana, was assigned to temporary duty in Washington, D.C., from June 7 to June 18, 1982. Since Washington is a high cost geographical area, reimbursement for subsistence expenses was on an actual expense basis and not at a flat travel per diem rate. At the conclusion of the assignment Mr. Gegenheimer submitted claims for laundry and dry cleaning costs totaling $28. The Marshals Service determined that $11 was a reasonable amount and disallowed $17 of the laundry and dry cleaning costs incurred by Mr. Gegenheimer. His appeal from that determination was denied by our Claims Group's Settlement Certificate No. Z-2844266 issued June 23, 1983. W-707)

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