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B-184790 1 (1976-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadeac0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . I Peter Tnnicelli J7 Civ.Pere. THE COMPTPO.LLER GENRAL DE iSION .* oF THU UNITWD BTATEU 0 *VWASHINGYON, OC. 20548 C FILE: B-184790 DATE: Deember 9, 1976 MATTER OF: MerrillEig - Actual Subsistence Expenses DIGEST: Army emjloyee's 6-month temorary duty assignmtint in London was interrupted by peripheral temporary duty assignments in other countries. Employee may not be paid actual expenses allowance based upon dual lodging costs incurred by re- taining London accommodations while on temporary duty outside of Lonon, since appropriate officials have made no de- termination that due to unusual air- cumstinces employee had no alternative but to maintain dual. lodging nor approved subsistence on an actual expenses tasis for periods involved. Tnis decision is in response to a' appeal from rA settlement of our Transportation and Claim% Division (now Claims Division), Z-2556747, June 27, 1975, which disallowed a claim for reimburse- mnt for lodging expenses in addition to per diem by Mr. Merrill EL, a civilian employee of the Department of the Army. Mr. Eig was assigned to temporary duty for 6 mon'ths in Lcndon. Sub.equent to his arrival in LoT n, Mr. Eig's travel orders 'were Amended to further assign him .o very short periods of temp2 ary duty in France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and various other locations in the United Kingdom. Mr. Eig's travel away from London totalled 55 days. Mr. Eig rented an apartment in London in accordance with instructions containod in his travel orders under the supervision of the local headquarters. He paid rent at the rate of $10.80 per day for the apartment during his enatire temporary duty assignment including those periods of temporary duty at other locations. Mr. Eig claims additional expenses of $594 ($10.80 per day for --it 55 days that he maintained accommodations in areas other thrn London). He submitted his claim to the U.S. Army Finance Spport Agency and that agency forwa Ided the claim to our Offioe for settlement with the recommendation that it not be paid sin . there is no regulation that covers duplicate payneaits of lodging coats. Our Transportation and Claims Division nott in its 1--

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