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FPCD-80-24 1 (1979-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazvv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEDER~AL PERSONNEL A OT W _ COMPENSATION DI VISION B-125037 A, The Honorable Robert B. Pirie, Jr. Assistant Secretary of Defense Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics 110720 Dear Dr. Pirie: Subject: Seed for Reevaluation of Defense Separation Travel Polic7(FPCD-80-24) Savings of at least $1 million annually can be achieved by paying separating servicemen only for travel actually per- formed, which is not the case today. Such payments would not adversely affect separating members and would be more equitable to the taxpayers. We brought this matter to your attention in our enclosed November 15, 1978 letter. We stated that the practice of paying an amount not to exceed the cost to the member's home of record or place from which ordered to active duty is not as appropriate as it once may have been. In view of today's highly mobile population, many departing personnel are undoubtedly choosing to estab- lish new residences. Defense officials responded on June 8, 1979 that the issue we raised was worthwhile but for the present, they did not plan to change current policy. They said that addition- al data was needed including a more accurate estimate of in- creases in administrative costs for alternative procedures. We conducted an additional review at the Air Force ac- counting and finance office and the military personnel of- e -fice of Low~ry Air Force Base, Colorado, to determine the extra costs associated with our proposed changes. In our letter, we suggested two ways in which unnecessary travel expenses might be avoided: --Pay separation mileage allowances according to the intended future residence of the member based on (936107)

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