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B-232503 1 (1989-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnqj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: a The Compxoler General of the United Sttes maglom, DC 0 j __ 0 iq 0 Decision Paul G. Thibault - Relocation Expenses - Mileage, Per Diem, and Temporary Quarters Expenses File: B-232503 Date: November 9, 1989 DIGEST 1. A transferred employee claims reimbursement for 3,541 miles for relocation travel based on his odometer reading for the route he traveled. The claim is limited to 2,853 miles which represents the most reasonably direct point-to-point routing between his old and new duty stations based on a standard highway mileage guide. 2. Entitlement to relocation travel per diem under para- graph 2-2.3d(2) of the Federal Travel Regulations is not dependent on the actual distance i e employee traveled each day. Per diem is allowed on the basis of the actual time used to complete the entire trip, not to exceed the number of days established by dividing the total authorized mileage by not less than 30) miles a day. 3. A transferred employee, while occupying temporary quarters at his new permanent duty station, was required to perform several days temporary duty away from that duty station. He retained his temporary quarters during that absence and seeks reimbursement as part of his temporary quarters subsistence expenses in addition to per diem received for his temporary duty. His claim for temporary quarters lodcing expenses may be allowed if the agency determines that the employee acted reasonably in retaining those quarters. 47 Comp. Gen. 84 (1967); and B-175499, Apr. 21, 1972, are overruled. DBCISIO This decision is in response to a request from an Authorized Certifying Officer, National Finance Center, Department of Agriculture.l/ It concerns the entitlement of an employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 5ervice to be l/ W. D. Moorman, reference FSD-2 WDM. 1) I-l i 1 Lj 00'1

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