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B-191588(MRV) 1 (1979-04-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacupc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 876 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 C B-191588 (MRV) APR 24 1979 The Honorable John C. Danforth United States Senator Railway Exchange Building, 1867 611. Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 Dear Senator Danforth: Further reference is made to your letter of March 26, 1979, addressed to Mr. Daniel P. Leary, Director, Claims Division, con- cerning the claim of for reimbursement of certain travel expenses. In light of the additional information provided by your constituent, you request that we review our prior decision B-191588, January 2, 1979, which allowed in part and denied in part claim for reimbursement of travel expenses and restoration of annual leave. In response to a request for an advance decision from a certifying officer of the Internal Revenue Service, our Office held in decision B-191588 that was entitled to reimburse- ment of certain travel expenses and recredit of annual leave where he was ordered by his agency to return from a.vacation point to appear as a witness .in a criminal trial. However, we also held that there was no authority to reimburse for his wife's travel expenses or for the value of his lost vacation, and we found no basis upon which to allow recredit for any additional hours of annual leave. The additional information provided by consists of three documents, two memoranda written by Mr. Orlin M. Kompelien and an affidavit signed by 1With regard to the memoranda written by Mr. Kompelien, we must point out that these documents were forwarded to our Office by the certifying officer and were a part of the record before us in the preparation of our decision. -The remaining document 'provided by is his affidavit stating that he was first notified on May 12, 1977, that a trial had been scheduled. In our decision B-191588 we did question whether it was unforPgPnn that would be called to testify in court and whether was actually notified of the trial date prior to May 12, 1977. However, we resolved these doubts in favor of the employee by permitting rei-harsoment of his return travel expenses. We do not believe that Mr. affidavit provides a basis to - I

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