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B-219013 1 (1986-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Gene Bassette, et al. - Seasonal Employees - Per Diem Entitlement File: P-219013 Date: September 29, 1986 DIGEST Eleven seasonal employees of the Forest Service's Northern Region claim per diem for a 3-month assignment to fight fires in the Southwestern Reqion from April to July 1983. The Forest Service denied per diem under the Northern Region's Supplement to Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) para. 1-1.3 which provides that when a seasonal employee is assigned to a new location for over 2 weeks, the new location becomes the employee's official station. -he denial of per diem is sustain .. The Supplement is valid exercise of discretion and is consistent with the FTR and our decisions. DECISION This decision is in response to a reouest from Mr. C.E. Tipton, Authorized Certifying Officer, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, as to whether 11 seasonal employees of the Forest Service are entitled to per diem for approximately 3 months at a seasonal worksite in Sacramento, New Mexico.1! For the reasons hereafter stated, we conclude that per diem allowances may not be paid the 11 seasonal employees for the 3-month tour of duty at Sacramento, New Mexico. FACTUAL BACKGROUND After the 1982 fire season, the Southwestern Region of the Forest Service decided to disband a fire crew from the Coronado National Forest and establish a new crew at the Lincoln National Forest with its official duty station at Sacramento, New Mexico, because of better accessibility to fires. All members of the 1982 crew were given an opportun- ity to relocate to the new site, but only 2 members of the 1/ The 11 employees are: Gene L. Bassette, Michael J. Brick, Scott W. Chehock, Kenneth W. Heare, Larry L. Lackner, Philip A. Mason, M. Bradley Morigeau, Donald C. Rees, James W. Stephens, Ernest R. Trujillo, and Everett A. Weniger.

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