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B-237567 1 (1990-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnsv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9.oi.i- A The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Alpheus L. Bonde - Extended Temporary Duty - Matterof: Authorized Return Travel File: B-237567 Date: April 13, 1990 DIGEST A construction employee who is required to perform long periods of temporary duty away from his official station and does not maintain a permanent residence at his official station may be reimbursed for the expenses of periodic, authorized return travel for nonworkdays to his permanent residence, not to exceed the constructive cost of travel to his official station. DECISION A decision is requested on the propriety of paying a claim for authorized return travel during extended temporary duty to a voting/family residence which is not within commuting distance of the employee's official station.l/ We conclude that the claim may be paid on a constructive cost basis. BACKGROUND A division of the Federal Highway Administration has a number of engineering employees who are on extended temporary duty on a continuing basis for most of the year. Since they rarely report for duty at their official station in Vancouver, Washington, most of them do not maintain a residence within the commuting distance of Vancouver. Instead, these employees maintain their residences throughout the region, in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, or Alaska. One of these employees, Mr. Alpheus L. Bonde, while on extended temporary duty in I/ The request was made by the certifying officer, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Western Direct Federal Division, Vancouver, Washington, reference HAD-17.42; File: 100 #5145L. 04 1/1 3

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