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B-245103 1 (1991-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Michael Godby File: B-245103 Date: December 12, 1991 DECISION The U.S. Department of Labor and the National Council of Field Labor Locals (NCFLL) request our decision on the claim of Mr. Michael Godby for reimbursement for personal telephone expenses incurred by Mr. Godby while traveling on official business.' The facts are not in dispute. At issue is whether the agency has properly implemented the applicable regulations issued by the General Services Administration. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the agency acted within its authority. While on a temporary duty assignment away from his official duty station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Godby made five telephone calls to his wife, who then was visiting her family in Morgantown, Indiana. The total cost of the calls was $18.18, which Mr. Godby states is identical to the costs he would have incurred had his wife been at their home in Harrisburg. However, the agency refused to reimburse Mr. Godby for the cost of the calls based upon an agency policy limiting traveling employees to one call each day to the employee's home or other location within the local commuting area to speak to a family member . . . . Memorandum for DOL Employees, June 22, 1988. The agency and the NCFLL agreed that the contents of that memorandum would be incorporated into the agency manual and would be binding on the parties. No statute or regulation entitles an employee to make personal calls home, or elsewhere, while on temporary duty travel. According to the Federal Information Resources Management Regulations issued by the General Services Administration, all calls made on government telephone systems or charged to the government must be made to conduct 1This-case has been submitted to our Office pursuant to a setlement agreement between the agency and the NCFLL. See L--4 C.F.R. Pa-r 22 (1991). 2See's4O U.S.C. §§ 486(c) and 751(f) (1988). . o, . Oi3- 1fq'

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