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B-210928 1 (1983-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlax0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-210928 DATE: April 22, 1983 MATTER OF: Robert Berman - Reimbursement for Locksmith Fee Incurred During Official Travel DIGEST: An employee on official travel may not be reimbursed for a locksmith fee incurred because he locked himself out of his rental car. The Federal Travel Regulations do not allow reimbursement because the fee was not necessarily incurred in the transacting of official business. The fee is personal to the employee and not payable by the Government. This decision is in response to an appeal by Mr. Robert Berman from our Claims Group determination Z-2837977, October 27, 1982, denying his claim for reim- bursement for expenses incurred by him incident to locking himself out of a rental car while traveling on Government business. We sustain our Claims Group's determination because we agree that the expense incurred by Mr. Berman was not necessarily incurred in connection with official business and is therefore personal to Mr. Berman and not payable by the Government. The facts of this case are not disputed. Mr. Berman is an attorney, employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington, D.C. In October 1981, he was assigned to temporary duty in the Los Angeles area and was required to obtain a rental car for local transpor- tation. On October 3, 1981, Mr. Berman locked himself out of his rental car. He thereupon contacted the car rental agency, which refused to deliver an extra set of keys. He then contacted several locksmiths, and arranged for the least expensive one to unlock the car. Mr. Berman paid the locksmith $30 and obtained a receipt. His keys were found on the seat of the car. When Mr. Berman returned to Washington, he submitted a travel voucher which included a claim for reimbursement of the $30 locksmith fee. That claim was disallowed by the NASA Headquarters Accounting Branch on the grounds that the expense was personal to Mr. Berman. Mr. Berman submitted his claim to our Claims Group, which disallowed the claim as stated above. Thereupon followed this appeal. /Z

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