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B-245061 1 (1992-04-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoay0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LComptroller General of the United States WSWuw,A20548 Decision Matter of: David Lacy File: B-245061 Date: April 15, 1992 DIGEST Agency regulation that prohibits payment of per diem for travel of more than one calendar day when the travel performed by the employee is within a 35-mile radius of his official station is in accord with FTR, I§ 301-7,5(a) (1991)t The agency regulation also permits exceptions to be made for unique agency program requirements, Under the circumstances of this case, since the employee's attendance was needed at a training site at night as well as during the regular workday, we would not object to payment of per diem based on unique program requirements, DECISION A, certifying officer of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, asks whether a travel voucher claim for $211.34 submitted by Mr. David Lacy, an employee, may be paid. We would not object to payment of his per diem as authorized by the agency's travel regulation. Mr. Lacy attended and conducted a workshop/training program on April 16-19, 1990, for employees of the Forest Service in Middlebury, Vermont, a distance of 32 miles from his official duty station in Rutland, Vermont. Mr. Lacy stayed in Middlebury for the duration of the program, incurring the $211.34 expenses in question. The agency believes that Mr. Lacy's full-time attendance at the meeting site: was necessary, sinceinight sessions- were held-to; shorten the numberof days'd equired to: give the training. It therefore wants to pay his travel voucher, but questions whether it may do so in view of a Department of Agriculture travel regulation. That regulation provides that per diem may not be paid (1) for travel within one calendar day when the travel is performed within a 25-mile radius of the employee's official duty station or home, and (2) for travel of more than 1 day when the travel is performed within a 35-mile radius of the employee's official duty station. Agriculture Travel Regulations (ATh) 1-7.4(a) (1) and (2). Since the agency workshop was held 32 miles away from Mr. Lacy's duty station, the certifying

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