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B-213868 1 (1984-06-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadluh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL O CISION * OP THU UNITED STATUE WAS SH IN TON. 0. C. 20549 FILE: B-213868 DATE: July 12, 198& MATTER OF: Herman Zivetz .PIGEST: 1. Where an employee, who stayed in non- commercial lodging while on a temporary duty assignment, has not satisfied his agency that his claim is for lodging costs actually incurred, the agency may require additonal information, including cancelled checks, before paying claim. 2. An employee, who is on a temporary duty assignment and authorized actual expenses, may not be reimbursed for meal expenses based on estimated grocery expenditures and must provide an itemiza- tion of actual daily food expenses. That itemization may be based on a proration of grocery costs actually incurred. When an employee on a temporary duty assignment occupies non-commercial lodging, his agency may require documentation of the costs incurred before paying a claim. Also, an employee may not be reimbursed for estimated meal costs where actual expenses have been authorized.1 Background In connection with his transfer from Bucharest to Tokyo in 1981 Mr. Herman Zivetz, a Foreign Service Information Officer with the United States Information Agency, performed temporary duty in Washington, D.C., for consultation and training. He was authorized actual expenses not to exceed $75 per day for the first 30 days of his assignment. On February 18, 1981, Mr. Zivetz submitted a voucher for the 1 This decision results from the request of the Chief, Financial Operations Division, Office of the Comptroller, United States Information Agency, for an advance decision on the claim of Mr. Herman Zivetz for reimbursement of lodging and meal expenses on a temporary duty assignment in Washington, D.C.

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