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B-231149 1 (1988-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadngw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Nancy Blustein - Lodging Expenses at Headquarters File: B-231149 Date: November 7, 1988 DIGEST An employee attending an advisory council meeting in the vicinity of her official duty station rented a hotel room rather than return to her residence, due to heavy snow and blizzard conditions, in order to ensure her presence at the meeting the next day. Her claim for lodging expenses must be denied since employees may not be reimbursed for per diem or subsistence at their headquarters regardless of unusual conditions. DECISION This is in response to a request from the Director, Division of Fiscal Services, Department of Health and Human Services for our decision concerning the entitlement of Ms. Nancy Blustein to reimbursement for the cost of lodging obtained in the vicinity of her official duty station. For the reasons stated below, Ms. Blustein is not entitled to reimbursement for that expense. BACKGROUND On January 7 and 8, 1988, the National Council for Health Services Care Technology Assessment held a meeting of its National Advisory Council in a hotel in Washington, D.C. Ms. Blustein, the Executive Secretary of the Council, attended the meeting on January 7. Weather forecasts for the remainder of the day predicted a winter storm which would drop 6 to 12 inches of snow in downtown Washington, and it began to snow heavily around 5 p.m. In light of the blizzard situation that was developing, Ms. Blustein determined that it would be necessary for her to remain at the meeting site overnight in order to ensure her presence at the remainder of the meeting on January 8. L -::-I 4

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