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B-233387 1 (1989-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnop0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ma The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 UDecision Gary C. Rhyne - Travel Expenses Incident to Mattero Removal Proceeding File: B-233387 Date: September 7, 1989 DIGEST A school principal employed by Department of Defense Dependents Schools, Germany Region, claims travel allowance for expenses he incurred incident to travel he performed when he received notice of the agency's proposal to remove him. The notice provided for his right to make an oral response pursuant to agency regulation. The employee's dut, station was Erlangen, Germany, and the agency designated Wiesbaden, Germany, as the location for the oral presenta- tion. The oral response, as part of the proposed adverse action process constitutes official business for which travel expenses are reimbursable. DECISION This action is in response to a letter dated October 7, 1988, from Mr. Gary C. Rhyne, requesting reconsideration of our Claims Group's settlement Z-2865861, September 27, 1988. That settlement sustained the Department of Defense'i action disallowing Mr. Rhyne's claim for travel expenses incurred on October 26, 1987, in connection with travel fro Erlangen, Germany, to Wiesbaden, Germany, to make an oral response to a proposed notice of removal. The opportunity to make an oral response is provided for by agency regula- tion and the location was designated by the agency. For the reasons which follow, Mr. Rhyne is entitled to travel expenses incident to this trip. BACKGROUND The record shows that Mr. Rhyne was employed as principal of the Erlangen Elementary School by the Department of Defense Dependent Schools, Germany Region. On October 2, 1987, he was issued a Notice of Proposed Removal. The notice provided for the opportunity to respond to the proposed adverse action both orally and in writing, based

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