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B-193137 1 (1979-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhkw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-193137 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: July 23, 199 OF: Rodney B. Sorkin -E laim for per diem, mileage and room rental at TDY near permanent duty statiJ Employees are entitled to per diem at a temporary duty station a short distance beyond the boundaries of a military base which is their permanent duty station where the agency determined that employees should remain at that place overnight to provide an improved work environment to complete a special task. In the circumstances mileage and the cost of a room in which official business was transacted are also reimbursable as travel expenses. The issues presented in this case are whether per diem, mileage and rental of conference roorrsmay be authorized for civilian employees of the National Security Agency who attended a retreat type confer- ence located 5 miles from their duty station. The answer on all three matters is in the affirmative. The request for an advance decision from the National Security Agency was forwarded here by the Department of Defense Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee (PDTATAC Control No. 78-38). Mr. Rodney B. Sorkin, an employee of the National Security Agency, Department of Defense, located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, was(authorized to attend a conference at a motel in Dorsey, Maryland, located 5 miles from the site of his official duty station. Per diem, mileage and rental of conference room were authorized in C. -travel orders issued on April 24, 1978. (The conference at Dorsey occurred on April 26, and 27, 1978. The purpose of the conference was to discuss an ongoing project , the current and projected problems in completing the project and becoming operational by the target date. The conferees initially met in conference roomsavailable to them at their normal place of duty to discuss classified topics; after which, the participants relocated the conference to the Holiday Inn Motel 5 miles away to discuss nonclassified topics. (It was apparently determined by someone with authority to authorize travel that the participants OL.A ShoTrI4--get-aw~ay fro--eir-ormi-o environment, ~~pmns interru ns,.et.c..,-to make the meetings meaningful and productive. The participants were performing essentially the same type duties that they were responsible for on a day-to-day 01VLFR THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WVASH IN GTON, D. C. 20548 / U/

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