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B-192112 1 (1978-10-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadglu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~1 I THR00l' LLWR GENERAL oIDIsON' . P. oT H TED STATES WAUHIN' - iN. 0.0. 0b4U FILE: D-192112 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: October 11, 1978 O-: James Wasserman - C10im for commercial car rental 1. Employee on temporary duty claimed expenses of car rental. He states that there was no public traiaportatib between apartment he chose and the tempdrary duty office., 'Where there Is no showing that adequate lodging was unavailable within the immediate, vicin- ity of a temporary duty station or at least within an area where public transportation was available einployee may not be reim- bursed cost of car rental for commuting from lodging to temporary duty office. 2. In t1e abcenc'e of a showing that an area of teiijioWAry duty Is a high C6'st area and that lodki in the area the employee iliose would provlJe an'overal savings in travel expenses by obtatiing lower cost lodging in a suburban area, the employee may not be reimbursed for cost of a rcntal automobile used fer commuting. This action is at therequest of Octavia B. White, Authorized CeAfying Officer, National Labor Relations Board, for an advance decision on the reclaim of Mr. James Wasserman in the amount of $413. 50 relative to a comi-ercial car rental. Mir. Wasserman, an attorney with the National Labor Relati'ons Board stationed iiijWashington, D. C., was'detailed to' the San Antonio, Texafs Resident Offict for a period of 60 days. - 'Upon completion of the detail Mr. Wasserman submitted his travel voucher for reim- bursement. Included in the Voucher was a request f6r reimbitrsement of $522. 03 for car rental.. . Car rental was not aithorized on the traiel order for the temporary duty in San Antonio. Mr. Wasserman stated that fiere was no public transportation between the apartment he chose and the office, a distance of 25 miles round trip, as his reason for renting the car. The provisions of 5 U. S. C. 5733 (1976) iequire that travel of an empldyee shall be by the most expeditious means of transportaition practicable and shall be commensurate with the nature and purpose of the duties of the employee requiring such trwel. -I-il . r '7 >1 KY '1 I D. h

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