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B-228687 1 (1988-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnia0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Joyce Price - Travel Expenses File: B-228687 Date: December 5, 19818 DIGEST Agency properly authorized per diem for an employee who performed 3 days of temporary duty a short distance outside the corporate limits of the city in which she was perma- nently stationed. Since the employee had to work from early morning to late evening, the agency exercised its discretion in a reasonable manner and the employee may receive per diem for period of temporary duty. DECISION An authorized certifying officer of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asks whether travel and transporta- tion expenses, including a per diem allowance, are reimburs- able to Ms. Joyce Price, an employee of the Department's Office of Human Development Services (OHDS), when she remained overnight at a temporary duty station that was near her permanent duty station. For the reasons below, we hold that the employee may be reimbursed for the claimed expenses, which total $322.23. From June 16 through June 19, 1987, Ms. Price was assigned to conduct a program review of the Head Start program of the Day Care Association of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas, approximately 40 miles from her permanent duty station in Dallas, Texas. Such a program review includes detailed fact finding and observation during the day, beginning between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., and evening meetings. A workday of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. is not unusual. OHDS con- cluded that requiring Ms. Price to drive home at 10 p.m. and back to Fort Worth at 6 a.m. the next morning would be an unreasonable and unnecessary hardship. Therefore OHDS issued her travel orders authorizing her travel and trans- portation allowances, including a per diem.

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