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B-194617 1 (1980-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadijd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B- MATTER DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES W S WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548 194617 DATE: June 27, 1980 OF: John D. Murray -(Claim for Per Diem 1. Customs inspector voluntarily under- took to travel directly from his residence in Sebastopol, California, to temporary work place without first reporting daily at headquarters in San Francisco. Agency approved in- spector's direct travel which was for his pe.rsonal convenience but advised that per diem was not authorized. Employee then obtained temporary lodging near work place for his ad- ditional convenience., Employee is not entitled to per diem since agency properly exercised discretion to refuse per diem when expenses of reporting to nearby temporary duty place do not exceed expense of reporting to headquarters. 2. Claim of employee of Bureau of Customs for pay (travel) was filed with GAO Claims Division and then forwarded by Claims Division to employee's agency for appropriate administrative action in accordance with regulations. Our Office declines to take any action on claim since claims are settled on basis of written record and there is no report from agency or adequate evidence from claimant to support claim. See 4 C.F.R. § 37.1. Mr. John D. Murray, a former custom inspector with the Bureau of Customs, U.S. Treasury Department, requests reconsideration of our Claims Division's settemen certificate dated July 3, 1973, which denied his claim for reimbursement of per diem in the amount of $1,350 incident to a temporary assign- -. t ment during the period July 6, 1971, to October 1, 1971. We sustain the denial of the claim because 9A464T 12-G0, / R. F

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