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B-212445 1 (1984-02-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlnp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Qf7.r THM COMPTROLLER ONERAL OECISION OP THE UNITEO TATUS B ;. WAGHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-212445 DATE: February 14, 1984 MATTER OF: Christopher Paddack - Liability for Indirect Official Travel - Foreign Service Travel Regulations DIGEST: United States Information Agency employee and family performed official transfer travel from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Washington, D.C., with home leave en route at Burlington, Iowa. Foreign Service Travel Regulations require all official travel be performed directly by usually traveled route which is one or more routes essentially the same in cost and travel- time. We find that segment of employee's travel performed over 16 days on a Mississippi riverboat between New Orleans and Burlington was a deviation from the usually traveled route for the employee's personal convenience and for which he must bear the extra expense. A United States Information Agency (USIA) employee and his family were transferred from Montevideo, Uruguay to Washington, D.C., with home leave authorized en route at Burlington, Iowa. The employee and his family traveled by various modes to the home leave destination--including a 16-day segment on a Mississippi riverboat. We find that this travel segment was not performed on a usually traveled route as required by regulation. When a traveler deviates from a usually traveled route for personal convenience, the traveler must bear the extra expense for the portion of the journey which is by an indirect route. BACKGROUND The Chief of the Financial Operations Division at the USIA has requested an advance decision of this Office under 31 U.S.C. S 3529, as codified by Public Law 97-258, 96 Stat. 877, September 13, 1982, concerning the travel of Mr. Christopher Paddack and his family of three dependents from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Burlington, Iowa, in connection with his permanent transfer orders. Under travel orders dated May 5, 1982, Mr. Paddack and his

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