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B-223500 1 (1987-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmpx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General I of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Karen A. Killian File: B-223500 Date: March 16, 1987 DIGEST An employee was assigned to perform support duties at a government-sponsored conference held at a hotel located within the city limits of her permanent duty station. Even though she stayed overnight at the hotel, the employee is not entitled to meal and lodging costs in view of the express prohibition against payment of per diem or actual subsistence expenses within the limits of the city that constitutes the employee's official duty station. DECISION In this decision, we hold that Ms. Karen A. Killian, an employee of the office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, is not entitled to per diem or actual subsistence expenses to cover lodging and meal expenses she incurred within the city limits of her permanent duty station.l/ Ms. Killian claimed lodging and meal costs arising from her temporary stay at a hotel where a conference was being spon- sored by her office. According to the administrative report, she incurred these expenses between May 12 and May 15, 1986, in order that she might be available in the evening hours to assist an office director in hosting the conference. She was responsible for room, equipment, and supply arrangements for each day's session, and for providing secretarial services for persons attending the conference. Although located 8 to 12 miles apart, the hotel and the office where she regularly reported for duty were both situated within the city limits of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1/ The Chief, Branch of Operations, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, requested our decision. -/3 --0

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