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B-199432 1 (1981-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjlr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-199432 1 7 S1110/ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 DATE: June 16, 1981 MATTER OF: Talmon R. Perkins - Per diem - Delayed travel DIGEST: Employee worked on last day of temporary duty until 3:45 p.m. and delayed return to head- quarters until following morning by privately owned vehicle authorized for his convenience. Constructive per diem and travel time by commercial air may cover overnight layover. Delayed flight would have been reasonable, since last workday was relatively long and flight would not have arrived at headquarters until 9:34 p.m., well beyond normal duty hours. Also, employee's presence at work was not required the first thing the following morning. Per diem and travel time for leave purposes are limited to that for constructive air travel. In this decision, we decide that Mr. Talmon R. Perkins may, for the purpose of computing expenses for travel by privately owned vehicle (POV) at his personal convenience, have constructive per diem costs and-travel time by commercial air cover an overnight layover before his return to headquarters. Mr. Perkins' permanent duty station was Albany, Georgia, where he was employed at the Marine Corps Logistics Base. He was assigned temporary duty between July 30 and August 1, 1979, at Lexington, Kentucky. He completed his temporary duty in Lexington at 3:45 p.m., August 1, 1979. Rather than return home on that date, he remained inLexington overnight and departed for Albany the following morning, August 2, at 7:30 a.m., by POV. His travel authorization permitted POV transportation for his personal convenience with reimbursement not to exceed the constructive cost of common carrier transportation, including per diem by that method of travel. Initially it was determined that Mr. Perkins could have used common carrier transportation by commercial air leaving Lexington at 6:30 p.m., August 1, since he /7a 7 c2

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