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B-260999 1 (1996-10-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadqj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Donna K. Buford File: B-260999 Date: October 17, 1996 DIGEST The employee's reclaim voucher for three nights' noncommercial lodging with a friend may not be set off against the $200 advance owed by the employee to the agency because the employee has not submitted documents showing the additional expenses incurred by her hostess. The employee's transportation expenses incurred by commuting from the suburb to the temporary duty station may be set off against the $200 advance in an amount not to exceed the expenses to which the employee would have been entitled had she obtained lodging in the high cost area. DECISION This advance decision is made at the request of Ms. Willie M. King, an authorized certifying officer, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to determine whether she may allow for setoff certain reclaim vouchers submitted by an employee in defense of the agency's efforts to collect the balance due of a $200 travel advance. For the reasons stated below, the employee's reclaim voucher for three nights' noncommercial lodging may not be set off against the advance, but her transportation expenses incurred by commuting from the suburb to the temporary duty station may be set off against the $200 advance in an amount not to exceed the expenses to which the employee would have been entitled had she obtained lodging in the high cost area. BACKGROUND From May 12 through May 15, 1980, the employee, Donna K. Buford, traveled on temporary duty from Atlanta, Georgia, to Washington, D.C., on official business. The employee's travel order states that she was authorized actual expenses at the rate of $50 per day and was authorized the use of taxicabs when necessary. While on temporary duty in Washington, D.C., the employee stayed with a friend in a private home in Columbia, Maryland, for three nights and commuted to work by train. She paid $90 to her host for three nights' accommodations and $14.90 for train transportation to commute to work from Columbia, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. 4101023

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