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B-238623 1 (1990-08-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbzt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General O of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: R File: B Date: A DECISION ichard A. Du Val -238623 ugust 1, 1990 This responds-to a request by an authorized certifying officer of the Department of Energy (DOE) for our decision as to .whether two travel vouchers of Mr. Richard A. Du Val, a former Senior Executive Service employee of DOE, may be paid. The vouchers-represent a request for per diem and local transportation -expenses for an assignment in Washington, D.C., from'September 1 to October.31, 1989. Mr. Du Val had been on detail in Washington, D.C., starting April 24, 1988, and his detail had been extended three times. The vouchers in question cover the time period involved in a fourth extension of the detail. The certifying officer questions whether Mr. Du Val is entitled to per diem reimbursement for temporary duty because of the overall length of his detail to Washington, D.C. (approximately 18 months), and the fact that Mr. Du Val received an assignment to Paris, France when the Washington detail was to be completed yet never reported there. Instead, he was reassigned to a position in Washington, D.C. pr Whether an assignment to a particular station is temporary or permanent is a question of fact to be determined from the orders under which the assignment is made, the character of the assignment, its duration, and the na ure of the duties. Peter F. Dessauer an4 Richard E. Wells B-23120, June 2, 1989, 68 Comp. Gen.,4154; Edw'rd W. DePiazza,VB-234262, June 2, 1989, 68 Comp. Gen.V465. Mr. Du Val's assignment meets the criteria for designation as temporary duty. His initial assignment to Washington, D.C., was for 120 days, with several 120-day extensions, and he had varying short-term assignments of the type normally associated with temporary duty. This Office has allowed per diem reimbursement under similar circumstances where several short- term xtensions were granted. Robert E. Larrabee, 57 Comp. Gen.V147 (1977). The fact that Mr. Du Val was ultimately permanently assigned to Washington does not change our determinatin. .I >A7

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