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B-185341 1 (1976-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddgj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: '7 THE COMPTIRa.LLEFI CENERAL 10 / C3F THE UNITED STATED3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: [DATE: FEB 13 1976 B-185341 MATTER OF: Payment of costs of accredited rural appraiser exam DIGEEST: Extras not an integral part of a course of instruction are not within definition of training in 5 U.S.C. 4101(4) (1970). Therefore, Government reimbursement of costs of an exam leading to certification of Government employee as accredited rural appraiser is not permitted by terms of Government Employees' Training Act, 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118. Mr. John A. Hancock, an authorized certifying officer of the Bureatu of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, asks (his ref-rence LM-360) wlether he may pay the expenses incurred by a Bureau cmployce while taking an ram to qualify as an Accredited Lural Appraisa. 'he exsesui-ttedl for reimL'ursemCent totalled $347.75 and, as itemized by the exployee, incl-ded round trip airfare from De.'sr, Colorado to 1lubbock, Texas; allied transportatioa costs. 3 . days per i and a remistration fee for the e';ml The certifying officer's letter and the supporting documuts x- plain that a designation as on accredited rural appraiser is highly desirable. Acceited rural appraisers are recognized by courts as experts in their field. In condemnation cases, vbich involve expert testimony concerning land acquisition worth thousands of dollars, pri- vate landowners often employ appraisers accredited by professional organizations as witnesses in their behalf. The Bureau is of the view that if government appr-aisers testifying for the goverient are to enjoy equal credibility, they too imust be profossionally accredited, Because of the value of professional certification of its employes, the Bureau of leclamation pays tuition and per diem for courses pre- paratory to such certification, as pensitted by 5 U.S.C. 4101, 410(a) (2)(1970). As noted above, the certifying officer asks here, however, whether an employee may be reimbursed for the costs of taking the qualifying exam after his study for the exam has been comrpletcd. For the reasons outlined below, we conclude that payment is not proper. In his letter to us, the certifying officer states that he originally disallowed the claim because of the rulings in 47 Com.,p. Con. 577 (1968) and the cases cited therein. That case concerned paymets t- Montana.bv the federal governmient, of fees required to accozpany 55 Comp.

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