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B-190508 1 (1978-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfzr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f/ - rc L. Wilcox, Civ. er, I FILE: B-190508 DATE: MY 8, 3978 MATTER OF: Alleu W. Rots - Temporary duty, per die., lodging with relatives DIGEBT: 1. Employee may not be paid per diem based on paymept of $17 per night for lodging with relatives notwithatanding that amount is reasonable in relation to cost of commercial accommodations and notwithstanding that em- ployee may not have been advised by NSA that amounts reimbursable for lodging with friends or relatives must not only be reasonable but must also reflect additional expenses incurred by host as result of employee's stay. 55 Comp. Gen. 855 (1976). 2. Whero employee claims'perdiem based on pay- ment of $17 per nikht lodging-provided by relative, emp'cyee smay be paid only amount shown to reflect host's additional expenses in accommodaling employee and, absent such showing by empio'yce, agency may not reim- burse amc.'nt which it in general determines to be rcasonable. Such independeit deter- mination in tantamosnt to determination of a minimum allowance contrary to FTR para. 1-7.3c(2) and is in esseice a determination to apply a specific per diem rate without .compliance with FTR para. 1-7.3c(3). By letter dated October 19, 1977, and assigned PDTATAC Control No. 77-30, the Per Diem,'Travel and Transportation Allow- ance Committee has forwarded a request for, advance decision sub- mitted by the Chief, Finance and Accounting Office for the National Security Agency (NSA). The decision request relates to a reclaim for per diem in the amount of $398 submitted by Mr. Allen W. Rotz, an NSA employee. Mr. Rotz' claim for additional per diem arises in connection with a temporary duty assignment in Sudbury, Massachusetts, from February 28 to April 13, 1977. For the'44 days of that assign- ment he resided with a Mr. J. Joseph Rotz in a private residence. *, THU LWMPTRCLLER OENERAL DECISION . . OPTHEUUNITU NTATUE a WANINarON, 0.0. *054S Ino pg .'R I I 2 t ~1 (p1 ________ -I ---'-'--.----._ 1~

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