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B-231658 1 (1988-11-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnho0001 and id is 1 raw text is: At The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Charles L. Adams - Per Diem for Training - Unavailability of Government Quarters File: B-231658 Date: November 22, 1988 DIGEST An employee, who attended a training course at a military installation, was scheduled to use base accommodations, but he lodged off-base for personal reasons. Paragraph C1055-1 of Volume 2, Joint Travel Regulations, provides that the lodging portion of per diem may not be paid where adequate government quarters are available, but not used. A state- ment of nonavailability of government quarters is required to support reimbursement, and absent such a statement, it is assumed that adequate government quarters were available. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an Accounting and Finance Officer, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), con- cerning the entitlement of a DLA employee to be reimbursed the quarters or lodgings portion of per diem incident to temporary duty travel performed in October 1987. We con- clude he may not be reimbursed for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Charles L. Adams, an employee of the DLA in Orlando, Florida, performed temporary duty travel for training at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, in October 1987. He was scheduled to live in the base bachelor officers quarters (BOQ) while attending class. However, because of his spouse's illness, it was necessary for her to accompany him, and he secured off-base lodging in order to care for her. Following completion of his temporary duty assignment, he sought reimbursement for that off-base lodging (55 days), but only at $6 a day, which was the cost of the BOQ accommodations. His claim was disallowed by the agency and he appeals that disallowance. The agency, citing to paragraph Cl055 of Volume 2 of the Joint Travel Regulations (2 JTR), points out k3i

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