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B-196088 1 (1979-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhrz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL- DECISION **OF THE UNITED STATEB : WAS.HINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-196088 DATE: November 1, 1979 MATTER O :-Dr. Frank von Hippel - pompensation For Services ppointment DIGEST: An individual, ultimately appointed as an intermittent consultant, attended three meetings at the Department of Energy's request prior to the date of his appointment. He was reimbursed for his travel and transportation expenses under invitational travel orders. Since the record does not support the conclusion that he attended the meetings under color of authority and with the expec- tation that he would be compensated for other than his travel expenses, the individual may not be compensated for his services prior to appointment as a de facto employee. We have been asked b er . Zanetell, ertifying officer for the.Department of Energy WE), to i cision as to whether Dr. Prank von Hippel may be compensated as a de facto employee for services rendered prior to the date of his appointment as a consultant. During the latter part of 1977 a determination was made by the -Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology to obtai Dr. von Hippel's services as a consultant in con ection with DOE's International Nuclear S Cycle Evaluation Activities (INFCE). At the reques ogram Director for Nuclear Energy, r. von Hippel attended three INFCE meetings. The meetings, which were held in Washington, D.C., and Vienna, Austria, took place in November and December of 1977 and in January of 1978.. The certifying officer has stated that Dr. von Hippel was not in fact employed by DOE until March 6, 1973, when he was issued a letter appointing him as a consultant on an intermittent basis for the period from March 6, 1978, to March 5, 1979, at a rate of compensation of $182 per day. With regard to the period prior to March 6, a memorandum from the Controller explains: Despite the documented efforts of this office to put formal arrangements in place on a timely basis, a series of administrative and procedural deficiencies resulted in a lack of official consultant coverage until March 6, 1978.

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