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B-201508 1 (1981-07-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjod0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-2015 MATTER 0 DIGEST: F: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C.. 20548 08 DATE: J 1, 1981 Rodney D. Johnson - Reduced per diem An employee claims additional per diem on the basis that the reduced per diem rate established by his agency for employees on temporary duty was not sufficient to cover all of his subsistence expenses. His claim may not be allowed because the decision as to whether or not to authorize per diem and as to the amount of per diem is within the discretionary authority of the employing agency. The issue presented here upon an appeal from a settlement of our Claims Division is to what extent an agency may authorize a reduced per diem rate where an employee claims additional per diem based on some evi- dence that the amount authorized was not adequate to cover the employee's expenses of lodging and subsis- tence. The determination as to whether per diem will be authorized and in what amount is within the discre- tionary authority of the administrative officials concerned; therefore, the employee's claim may not be allowed. Rodney D. Johnson, an employee of the Forest Ser- vice, Department of Agriculture, whose official station was New Orleans, Louisiana, was assigned to temporary duty by orders dated September 12, 1977. The temporgry duty involved travel between his official station and the Southern Forest Experiment Station territory and adjoining states. The travel orders provided for a per diem allowance of: (a) average daily lodging cost, rounded up to the next dollar, plus $9.00, but not to exceed $35 per day for the entire voucher period (b) a rate of $9.00 for travel of less than 24 hours when a night's lodging is not required. The orders were amended on January 9, 1978, effec- tive the same date, to change the per diem allowance to: J/a/~ /-~

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