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B-226581 1 (1988-02-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmzn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision -Department of the Interior--Reimbursement of Matterof. Dr. Arthur McGarr, Geological Survey Employee Fle: B-226581 Date: February 18, 1988 DIGEST Geological Survey employee may be reimbursed $15,136 for personal expenditures made for services and equipment in support of an Economy Act agreement project in South Africa, provided that the agency involved finds that the expendi- tures were made in furtherance of a public necessity. DECISION A certifying officer of the Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (USGS), asks whether ne can reimburse Dr. Arthur McGarr, a Geological Survey employee, the sum of $15,136.1/ This is the amount Dr. McGarr claims ne spent from his pe-rsonal funds to finance a USGS project in Soutn Africa. For the reasons given below, we find that Dr. McGarr may be reimbursed the $15,136 so long as the USGS finds that the expenditures were made in furtherance of a public necessity. FACTS On October 7, 1985, the USGS entered into a reimbursable agreement with the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) under the Economy Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1535. Under the terms of the agreement, the USGS was to acquire and analyze seismic data from the four major mining districts of the Republic of South Africa from October 1, 1985 through September 30, 1987. The estimated cost of the project was $600,100; $282,000 from fiscal year 1986 funds and $318,100 from fiscal year 1987 funds. These costs were to be reimbursed to the USGS by AFTAC. In March 1986, Dr. McGarr traveled to South Africa to install the seismic equipment to be used for the project, and arrange for the packaging and shipping of seismic data 1/ The original amount was $9,902; however, this amount subsequently was increased to $15,136 at the request both of the Geological Survey and the claimant.

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