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B-218857 1 (1986-01-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmdy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION K FILE: B-218857 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OP THE UNITED UTATEI WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 DATE: January 29, 1986 MATTER OF: Delmer Ziegler DIGEST: An employee may not be paid per diem under 5 U.S.C. S 5725 when he is evacuated on an emergency basis from furnished quarters and relocated in commercial lodgings beyond the limits of his official duty station. How- ever, since he was required to perform offi- cial duties at the location of the commercial lodgings, he may be reimbursed per diem and mileage allowances under the provisions of the Federal Travel Regulations applicable to travel in a temporary duty status. An employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service who was forced to evacuate government-furnished quarters at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge may not be paid per diem in connection with his occupancy of commercial lodgings under the emergency evacuation authority of 5 U.S.C. S 5725 (1982).l/ However, since the commercial quarters were located beyond the limits of his permanent duty station and since the employee performed official duties at that loca- tion, the agency may process his claim under the Federal Travel Regulations as incident to an authorized temporary duty assignment. BACKGROUND Mr. Delmer Ziegler, formerly a construction inspector with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Denver, Colorado, was assigned to a project at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming. Because of the length of the assignment and the distance from living accommodations, Mr. Ziegler was transferred to the Seedskadee Refuge and assigned to government-furnished quarters. On March 19, 1984, Mr. Ziegler was forced to move out of his quarters due to frozen water lines. Since there were no other accommodations 1/ The Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Denver, Colorado, has requested an advance decision on the claim of Mr. Delmer Ziegler. 0) 4LA 1 (0 1 0

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