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B-198471 1 (1981-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-198471 DATE: March 18, 1981 MATTER OF: Gerald Goldberg -ALodging Expenses and Parking Fees7at Headquarters Incident to Attendance at Meeting DIGEST: •I T GAO employee stationed in Washington, D.C., who attended annual meeting of I President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped in Washington, D.C., seeks reimbursement of cost of lodging for 2 nights at Washington Hilton Hotel for himself and wife who accom- panied him as his attendant, and also parking fees. Absent specific statu- tory authority, lodging expenses in- curred by employee for himself at headquarters are personal to him and may not be provided at Government expense. Consequently, lodging expenses of wife, as attendant, are not reimbursable. As employee was not authorized use of automobile on official business, parking fees may not be paid. This decision concerns the claim of Mr. Gerald Goldberg, an employee of the General Accounting Office (GAO), for reimbursement of I the cost of lodging for 2 nights at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., on April 30 and May 1, 1980, for himself and his wife who accom- panied him as his attendant. Mr. Goldberg also claims the costs incurred in parking his automobile at the Washington Hilton Hotel on the above dates. The Deputy Director of his division has denied the employee's claim for reimbursement of lodging costs and parking fees. Mr. Goldberg is employed at GAO Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and is President of the Handi- capped Advisory Committee at GAO. He and two other GAO employees attended the 1980 annual meeting of . . .. . . .. ..j'_ , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .

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