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B-262009 1 (1995-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacdr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Gail Braten File: B-262009 Date: December 5, 1995 DIGEST An employee assigned to a temporary duty assignment originally was not authorized to rent a car and relied on public transportation to commute to and from work and for personal travel. In the third month of her detail, she requested the use of a rental car, because her spouse and children needed transportation for doctor's appointments and for grocery shopping. The agency amended her travel orders accordingly. The employee continued to use public transportation to commute to and from work and used the rental vehicle for the reasons stated. Although the district finance officer at the employee's permanent duty station denied her claim for the rental car, the claim is payable. Travel orders may not be amended retroactively to deny reimbursement unless the orders are clearly erroneous. The orders here were not clearly erroneous since an agency regulation permits employees for whom a rental car has been authorized to use the vehicle to travel to places for the sustenance, comfort, or health of the employee ..... Joint Travel Regulation Vol. II, para. C2102(F). DECISION The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asks whether Ms. Gail Braten's claims for a rental car and garage and parking fees, which she incurred while on a temporary duty assignment, are payable. The answer is yes. BACKGROUND Both Ms. Braten and her spouse are employees stationed in the agency's Anchorage, Alaska office. The agency selected both of them to participate in Executive Development assignments, which required about 6 months of temporary duty assignments at its Washington, D.C. headquarters building from November 1993 until April 30, 1994. Accordingly, the agency issued each of them separate travel orders. Ms. Braten and her spouse obtained lodgings on a monthly rental basis, and each of the them claimed half the rent on their individual vouchers. The couple took their children, then ages 1 and 3, with them to Washington. 1124124

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