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B-197954 1 (1980-08-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjbm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISiON FILE: B-197954 -r THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL' OF THE U iTED STATES WAS H,,N, GT 0N. 0 . 20 4 8 e, DATE: August 19, 1980 MATTER OF: Morley V. Adams, Jr. - Travel expense - Abandonment of temporary duty OIGEST: Employee did not abandon temporary duty for training. He may be reimbursed his allowable travel expenses and is not liable for return transportation to permanent duty station. Although- employee was I day late for training course and therefore was required to immedi- ately return to his headquarters, late arrival resulted primarily from communications breakdown con- cerning commencement of classes and is excusable under the circumstances. .1 '1 ~1 0, I The issue in this case is whether Mr. Morley V. Adams, Jr., should be denied travel expenses because he reported 1 day late for a course of instruction at his temporary duty station and was there- fore required to return to his headquarters without completing the instruction. Mr. Adams, a civilian employee of the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Property Disposal Service, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, had been scheduled to attend a Precious Metals Recovery Program Course, at Fort Lee, Virginia, during August 1979. However, because of an unexpected vacancy in the May class, Mr. Adams, on or about April 17, 1979, was rescheduled to take the course in May 1979. An airlines strike was impending and because no travel orders had been received as of April 27, 1979, he then obtained airline reservations for departure on Monday, May 7, and return on Friday, May 11. He considered travel was appropriate on these days, since his previous course had required travel on Monday to avoid Sunday overtime travel. However, when he arrived at Fort Lee, he found that classes had commenced at 8 a.m., May 7, rather than May 8, the first day he reported for instruction. Because he had missed 1 day of classes, he was dismissed from the course on May 8 and ordered to return to his permanent duty station. Ms. B. Lehman, Chief, Defense Property Disposal Office, Sheppard Air Force Base, believes that Mr. Adams should not be required to reimburse travel expenses because his class attendance was terminated. She mentions the impending airlines strike, the absence of travel orders on April 17, and the practice of avoiding Sunday travel as reasons justifying the May 8 reservations. Further, the usual notice 7 a v

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