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B-208996 1 (1983-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkzs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION .I OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-208996 DATE: April 12, 1983 MATTER OF: Dr. William P. Hefly DIGEST: Employee on IPA assignment to University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, claims travel expenses for return to Kansas City on nonworkdays. Although it was originally intended that he would relocate residence and change permanent duty station to Fayetteville, travel orders are ambiguous as to whether tempo- rary duty entitlements or change-of- station allowances, or both were author- ized. Since employees traveling on IPA assignments may receive per diem or change-of-station allowances, but not both, we would not object to employee's election to be paid per diem at Fayette- ville, and the travel expenses claimed insofar as they do not exceed per diem that would have been paid if he had stayed in Fayetteville for the nonworkdays involved. We have been asked by the Department of Education to issue an advance decision concerning the travel and trans- portation expense entitlement of an employee assigned to an institution of higher education under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act by orders issued in contemplation of a perma- nent change of station. Because there is an inconsistency on the face of the travel orders which could be construed as authorizing either or both permanent change of station and temporary duty entitlements, we would not object to the employee's election to receive temporary duty related trans- portation and travel expenses rather than change-of-station allowances. Dr. William P. Hefly of the Kansas City Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare was given an assignment under the Intergovernmental Person- nel Act (IPA) for the period from September 1, 1978, through September 1, 1980. Under the IPA agreement with the Univer- sity of Missouri, Dr. Hefly was to work with officials of that University as well as officials of the University of p - - - -

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