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B-198768 1 (1981-09-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjtb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TECOMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 bITtQ FILE: B-198768 DATE: September 24, 1981 MATTER OF: Daniel M. Doyle - Mileage rate during Househunting trip DIGEST: GAO employee requests reimbursement for a househunting trip at the rate of 15 cents per mile instead of the 8 cents per mile rate paid on his claim. Although employee could reasonably have interpreted his travel order as authorizing higher rate, that by itself, does not entitle him to higher rate. Record clearly indicates that GAO did not consider househunting trip as falling within the category of trips that may be reimbursed at 15 cents per mile rate under Federal Travel Regulations. Mr. Daniel M. Doyle, an employee of the General Accounting Office, appeals our Claims Group settlement No. Z-2812310, dated December 18, 1980, which disallowed his claim for $36.54 representing the difference between the 15 cents per mile rate stated in his travel orders and the 8 cents per mile rate he actually received in connection with his househunting trip upon relocation. The record shows that on December 7, 1976, Travel Order No. 7150000064 was issued to Mr. Doyle authorizing the use of a privately owned vehicle (POV) at the rate of 15 cents per mile upon his transfer from Washington, D.C., to his new duty station in New York, New York. The orders noted that the employee would need his car for official business at the new location and the orders also authorized a househunting trip in connection with the transfer. The orders did not specify what mileage rate was to be provided for reimbursement of the househunting trip. Mr. Doyle claimed reimbursement in the amount of $78.30 computed at 15 cents per mile for 522 miles in connection with the househunting trip. He was reim- bursed at the rate of 8 cents per mile or $41.76 resulting in a disallowance of $36.54.

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