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B-231567 1 (1989-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnlx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LThe Comptroller General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 2058 Decision Matterof- Captain James D. Ellefson, USAF--Waiver of Debt Due to Overpayment of Travel Advance File: B-231567 Date: June 7, 1989 DIGEST Air Force member whose travel advance exceeded his travel entitlements because of failure of Air Force to specify in travel order that member's mileage reimbursement for using his privately owned vehicle would be limited to cost of travel under a military transportation request may have resulting debt waived under the authority of 10 U.S.C. S 2774 as a result of his detrimental reliance on erroneous travel order. DECISION This is a response to a request for waiver of a travel advance paid to Captain James D. Ellefson, USAF, pursuant to temporary duty orders. For the reasons presented below, the debt may be waived. Captain Ellefson was stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California, and was ordered to perform temporary duty at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. His travel advance, which included a mileage allowance for travel by privately owned vehicle, totalled $1,950. When he questioned the large amount of the advance, he was assured that it was correct. Captain Ellefson traveled to and from his temporary duty point by privately owned vehicle. While Captain Ellefson was in Alabama, the Beale Accounting and Finance Office discovered that his mileage allowance should not have exceeded the cost of a military transportation request. On settlement of his voucher, his travel entitlements were reduced to reflect the lesser cost of air-fare rather than mileage, and the use of constructive travel time for travel by air caused his per diem to be reduced. As a result, Captain Ellefson is indebted to the Air Force in the amount of $615. He has requested waiver of that amount. 04a, 7--13<3

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