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B-229151 1 (1988-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnbl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: +OL.ZR The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision James R. Shea - Overseas Temporary Duty Travel - Matterof- Personal Telephone and Telegram Expenses File: B-229151 Date: April 14, 1988 DIGEST An employee performing official travel overseas incurred expenses for several emergency telephone calls and a telegram all of which were personal to him. His claim for reimbursement of these expenses as a travel expense is denied. The Federal Travel Regulations, which are statutorily authorized and have the force and effect of law, provide in paragraph 1-6.4b that such expenses may not be charged to the government nor may they be reimbursed to the employee. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Director, Division of Accounting and Finance, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). It concerns the entitlement of one of its employees to be reimbursed for certain telephone and telegram expenses incurred while performing overseas temporary duty travel in a foreign area in March 1987. We conclude he is not entitled, for the following reasons. BACKGROUND The employee, Mr. James R. Shea, was authorized temporary duty travel to Moscow and other points within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the period from February 25 to March 14, 1987. On March 6, Mr. Shea received a message through the United States Embassy in Moscow that his father-in-law was seriously ill and that he should call home. He made a telephone call to his wife in Arlington, Virginia, from Kiev that same day to determine his father-in-law's condition and whether he should return home before completing his trip. He made a similar call from Leningrad on March 9. Based on those calls, he decided to remain with his delegation. C-4k \e-18

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