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B-230619 1 (1988-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadngz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision David P. McGloon and Norman M. Edwards - Matterof- Per Diem at Permanent Duty Station File: B-230619 Date: November 16, 1988 DIGEST Two employees were notified that they were being reassigned from New Orleans, Louisiana, to a new duty station and, prior to reporting, they were to undergo 6 months of train- ing at two locations. After their training assignments but before their transfer to the new official station, the employees were assigned to perform temporary duty in New Orleans. While per diem allowances may not ordinarily be paid at an employee's official station, such allowances may be paid under these circumstances where the employees, in reliance on agency notification, vacated their resi- dences, packed their personal belongings, and arranged for their families to travel with them. See 54 Comp. Gen. 679 (1975). DECISION This decision is in response to a request by Ms. Virginia M. Cummings, Chief, Travel Section, National Finance Center (NFC), United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, for a decision as to whether two Customs employees, Messrs. David P. McGloon and Norman M. Edwards, may be paid per diem allowances while performing temporary duty at their permanent duty station. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that these employees may be paid per diem under these circumstances. BACKGROUND In November 1986, Messrs. McGloon and Edwards, airplane pilots for the Customs Service, were notified by written electronic message and by agency officials that they were being reassigned from the Air Operations Branch, New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Surveillance Operations Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Prior to being transferred to Corpus Christi, they were ordered to perform simulator and flight &y43q A / 3732

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