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B-221228 1 (1987-09-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmvh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 NDecision Matterof: James Blackburn, Jr. - Overtime Compensation- Traveltime To and From Duty Station File: B-221228 Date: September 18, 1987 DIGEST Supervisory employee of the Federal Aviation Administration is not entitled to overtime under 5 U.S.C. S 5542(b)(2)(B) (1982) for time spent traveling outside of his regularly scheduled administrative workweek since (1) the travel was within the employee's official duty station and (2) the travel must be away from the official duty station to be compensable. Moreover, the employee's tasks to pickup and deliver mail and supplies while traveling to and from his duty site was not compensable traveltime since, as a supervisor, it was not his primary function. The employee's claim for reimbursement for mileage for local travel is also denied since payment is discretionary with the agency, and the record indicates it was never authorized or approved. DECISION Mr. James Blackburn, Jr., a retired employee of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's settlement of February 28, 1985 (Z-2854747). The settlement denied Mr. Blackburn's request for reimbursement for overtime compensation while in a travel status. For the reasons that follow, we uphold our Claims Group's determination. BACKGROUND Mr. Blackburn was employed as an FAA supervisor at a remote mountain radar facility near Lynch, Kentucky. The site is about 15 miles from Big Stone Gap, Virginia, over route 160, but the last portion of the trip to the radar site is over difficult terrain. The employees stationed at the site drove their privately-owned vehicles (POVs) 8 months out of the year, and during the winter months they were furnished a

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