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B-215550 1 (1984-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlzc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A, . t -- THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OEClBIOUP OP THE UNITEO STATES WAS HINGTO N. 0.C. 20548 L1IT0 FILE: B-215550 DATE: October 23, 1984 MATTER OF: Patrick G. Orbin - Travel Expenses - Airline Ticket Purchased With Personal Funds DIGEST: Thr-. n *dministrative error in temporary duty cra il arrangements, an employee was issued an airline ticket for travel to the wrong destination. He discovered the error en route, and spent $284 in personal funds to secure a ticket for the proper destination. The employee may be reim- bursed for the full cost of the airline ticket, notwithstanding the $100 cash limitation stated in the Federal Travel Regulations, since the cash purchase resulted from administrative error, related to circumstances which were not within the employee's control, and docu- mentation of the cost of the transporta- tion has been submitted. Ms. Margaret E. Wenzel, an authorized certifying officer of the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Midwest Region, requests an advance decision on the claim of Mr. Patrick G. Orbin, an IRS employee. Mr. Orbin requests reimbursement for the cost of an airline ticket he purchased with personal funds. For the reasons stated below, we hold that Mr. Orbin may be reimbursed for the cost of the ticket. BACKGROUND Mr. Orbin, who is officially stationed in Chicago, Illinois, was directed to travel to the IRS's Manhattan District Office in New York City during the period October 16 to October 19, 1983. In anticipation of this assignment, Mr. Orbin asked his secretary to make airline reservations for his travel from Chicago to New York City on October 16, 1983. Mr. Orbin's secretary secured a Government Transportation Request (GTR), but erroneously made reservations for a flight from Chicago to Manhattan, Kansas, via Kansas City, Missouri. U)-OW I I

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