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B-190583 1 (1978-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfps0001 and id is 1 raw text is: W TECOMPTROLLER gENEnVAL DECISION .O~A F THE UINIFTED STATES a ~WASH I NTO N, D. C. 20546E FILL: B-190583 MATT ER DIGEST: DATE: February 10, 1978 OF: Warren W. Tiqnor - Subsistence while oc. upyinq temporary quarters 1. Employee occucied temporary auarters with no cooking facili- ties and purchased qroceries on various days but did not submit a claim for breakfast and/or lunch cn those days. Our Office would not object to prorating the claim for groceries, at a reasonable amount for each meal not otherwise claimed. However, the amount allowed for the meals should not exceed the total cost of the groceries. 2, Transferred employee with spouse ar: 3 children claimed reimbursement fcr dinners which the administrative ftice considered exorbitant and limited reimbursement for each of the dinners to $29. It is the respon- sibility of the employing agency to determine whether expenses are reasonable. This Office will not substitute our judgment for that of the igency, in the absence of evidence that the agency's deter- mination was erroneous, arbitrary or capricious. This action results from the submission by the National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, of the reclaim voucher of Warren W. Tignor, an empluyee of the National Security Aqency, for an additional amount of subsistence while occupyirnq temporary quarters which was deducted from his original voucher on the basis that his dinner meals were unreasonably high. The matter was submitted to our Office by the Per Diem, Travel and Trans- portation Allowanc2 Committee, PDTATAC Control No. 77-31. The pertinent facts in this case are set forth in the record, along with the reasons for disallowance and a deter- mination with regard to the reasonableness of the amounts claimed for subsistence: 1 _______________ * I

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