About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-181266 1 (1974-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbyy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: o THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL gal10N .* OF THE UNITED STATES 4 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: 3-181266 DATE: DE 5 1974 MATTER OF: ayment for unused hotel reservations. DI'GEST: Rent for hotel room reserved by agency employees for use of civilian employee scheduled to travel on official business from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City, Missouri, but not used by him due to cancellation of travel may not be paid by Government, in absence of valid contractual agreement between Government and hotel, since individual employee traveling on per diem is expected to reserve and pay for his own lodging. This decision is in response to a request by Mr. William C. Turner, an authorised certifying officer for the Small Business Administration (SBA), .for an advance decision as to whether a Cila ter $16 submitted by Holiday Inn covering an unclaimed guaranteed-room reservation for March 24, 1974, may be certified for payment. The record shows that an employee of the SBA whose official duty station is Washington, D.C., was scheduled to travel on official business to Kansas City, Missouri, for the days of March 24, 25, and 26. 1974. SBA employees in Kansas City reserved hotel accommodations for the employe, for that period of time. Subsequent to making the hotel reservation, the travel plans were canceled and the Kansas City Office of SBA was notified of the aborted trip and requested to cancel the reservation. However, due to an oversight, the reservation was not canceled until Monday morning, March 25, 1974. Subsection 70 f title 5, United States Code (1970), provides for retaibursement of subsistence expenses of civilian employees Incurred in the performance of travel away from post of duty or official business in the form of par diem allowances. Under the Implementing Xegulations, Federal Travel Regulations (IPMR 101-7) para. 1-7.lbf(May 1973), the coat of a hotel room is considered to be n expense included in the form of per diem allowances. In this regard, an individual employee is normally responsible for reserving and paying for his own lodging. While it has been held by this Office that unused hotel reservations contracted for by 1-Qq~y O~74)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most