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B-235720 1 (1989-10-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnpn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Warren Shields--Travel by Privately Owned Automobile Between Residence and Alternate Duty Matter of: Station File: B-235720 Date: October 3, 1989 DIGEST An Army employee whose use of his privately owned vehicle was not determined to be advantageous to the government by competent authority is not entitled to mileage for travel on a daily basis between his place of abode and his alternate duty station during his temporary assignment. DECISION This responds to a request for an advance decision concern- ing the claim of Mr. Warren Shields for mileage for the use of his privately owned vehicle to commute from his residence to an alternate duty station.l/ For the reasons set forth below, we deny the claim for mileage. BACKGROUND Mr. Shields, an Army employee assigned to the Directorate of Engineering and Housing (DEH), Fort McPherson, Georgia, was ordered to report to nearby Fort Gillem, Georgia, on November 14, 1983, for a temporary assignment. He was advised that no government transportation was available, that he would have to use his own vehicle, and that no mileage reimbursement was authorized. The assignment, originally expected to last for 2 weeks, lasted approxi- mately 7 months. Throughout the assignment, Mr. Shields traveled directly from his residence to Fort Gillem without first reporting to Fort McPherson. 1/ The request was submitted by L. McGlynn, Acting Chief, Travel Policy Division, Office of the Director of Finance and Accounting, Department of the Army, through the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee, PDTATAC Control No. 89-10. 0'-t~ ~ ~ 667413

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