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B-182357 1 (1975-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcqn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 DECISION FILE: B-182357 01,LEk C THE COMPTROLLER, GENERAL . . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 DATE: DEC 9 1975 MATTER OF: Claim of Karl Puach DIGEST: Navy civilian employee may be reimbursed for visits to night clubs, bars and restaurants in connection with an informational program for foreign naval officer trainees under pro- visions of DOD Directive 5410.17, January 15, 1965, since pursuant to authorizing statute funds could have been directly provided to trainees to be spent as they desired and im- plementing regulations did not clearly limit employee's discretion regarding such visits. By letter dated October 3, 1974 (ref. NCF-123 7420/1), the Commander, Navy Accounting and Finance Center, requested our decision regarding the claim of Karl Fusch, a civilian employee of the Navy Department, for reimbursement of extraordinary expenses incurred as escort officer in operating an informational program conducted for a group of senior foreign naval officers being trained in the United States. The employee received $1,922.93 from the Department of the Navy on June 21, 1973, Voucher No. T6805, in reirbursement for extraordinary expenses incurred as escort officer in connection with an informational program for 12 senior foreign naval officer trainees conducted in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. The Navy Regional Finance Center, Norfolk, Virginia, took exception, Note No. 2105-73, to $639.39 of the claimed expenses representing visits to restaurants, night clubs,and bars, stating that these are not considered reimbursable items in accordance with the regulations involved. Subsequently, an expenditure of $115 for an official luncheon was determined by the Chief of Naval Operations to be reimbursable, leaving an exception to $524.39. Informational programs for foreign military trainees and visitors to the United States are established by Department of Defense Directive - 1 - K. q --7 (, 1 -7

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