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B-225992 1 (1987-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmtk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General - 1 of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Tracy L. Huckaby - Reimbursement of Matterof: passport related fees File: B-225992 Date: July 13, 1987 DIGEST Employee was scheduled for overseas temporary duty assign- ment on very short notice. Employee's travel required her to have a passport but time was not available for the normal 30 days required for passport processing. To ensure timely delivery of her birth certificate, which was necessary to obtain passport, employee wired fee through Western Union and seeks reimbursement for wire service fee. Reimbursement is authorized under para. 1-9.1d of the Federal Travel Regulations based on the agency's determination that the employee's action was necessary to the transaction of official business. DECISION This decision is issued in response to a request from the Finance and Accounting Officer, Central Security Service, National Security Agency, for an advance decision concerning the legality of reimbursing an employee for wire service expenses incurred in obtaining a birth certificate which was necessary for the issuance of an official passport. The passport was needed for official duty abroad. We hold that the employee is entitled to reimbursement for these travel expenses in view of the agency's determination that under the circumstances, they were necessarily incurred in obtaining a passport that was required for the performance of official travel. BAC KGROUND The question in this case arose in connection with Ms. Tracy L. Huckaby's temporary duty assignment involving travel to England, on August 2, 1986, which was ordered with short advance notice to the employee. The temporary duty assignment to a foreign country made it necessary for Ms. Huckaby to have an official passport, and time con- straints would not allow for the normal 30-day passport processing time. In order to ensure timely delivery of her birth certificate, possession of which was necessary in : 15b

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