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B-219232 1 (1986-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmmf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: All The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 4Decision Matter of: Fort Monroe - Administrative Leave - Snow Emergency B-219232 Date: September 26, 1986 DIGEST 1. Where, because of exigent circumstances it becomes necessary to provide for the tardy arrival of a significant number of employees at a given federal installation, administrative leave as to those employees reporting late may be authorized. Unless the installation is properly closed, those employees who had previously scheduled either annual or sick leave and those employees who chose not to report for duty as a result of the exigent circumstance, may not be authorized administrative leave. 2. Fort Eustis, Virginia, and Fort Monroe, Virginia, experienced heavy snowfall resulting in a large number of employees reporting late for duty on January 21, 1985. The Commanders at both installations originally authorized up to 2 hours of administrative leave for employees reporting late. Several days thereafter, the Commander of Fort Monroe retroactively declared Fort Monroe to have been closed for 2 hours on the date in question, resulting in a 6 hour workday. The decision whether to close a federal installa- tion is committed to agency discretion, but in this case the decision of the Fort Monroe Commander to retroactively close the fort for 2 hours on the day in question was an abuse of agency discretion. Therefore, his decision was not effective to alter the leave status of employees who did not report to the installation on January 21. DECI SION This action is in response to a request for an advance decision from the Finance and Accounting Officer, U.S. Army Transportation Center, Fort Eustis, Virginia, dated June 20, 1985. The request raises the question of the proper charge to leave for civilian employees at Fort Monroe for January 21, 1985, when the area was struck by a severe snow storm. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the 036% 7 - - 1 3i45

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