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B-212921 1 (1984-05-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlsr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITED STATUE *2~?WASHINGTON, 0..C. 2054U3 FILE: B-212921 DATE: May 30, 1984 MATTER OF: Jeffery G. Ellegard DIGEST: A transferred employee reclaims that part of his subsistence expenses which were disallowed by the agency as unreasonable under the Federal Travel Regulations. The employee also reclaims laundry costs incurred because of son's allergy condi- tion and disallowed as not part of tempo- rary quarters allowance. The employing agency has the initial responsibility to determine the reasonableness of expendi- tures for lodging and subsistence claimed by employees while occupying temporary quarters. Where the agency has exercised that responsibility, GAO will not substitute its judgment for that 6f the agency in the absence of evidence that the agency's determination is clearly erroneous, arbitrary, or capricious. This decision addresses the reclaim of Mr. Jeffery G. Ellegard for additional temporary quarters and subsistence expenses.1 Since the determination of the Air Force that his lodging and subsistence expenses were unreasonably high in the circumstances was not unreasonable, that determination is sustained, but the employee's claim for laundry expenses is returned for further consideration. BACKGROUND Mr. Ellegard, an employee of the Department of the Air Force, was authorized a permanent change of duty station from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, to Williams 1 This decision is issued at the request of Mr. Ellegard, who, by letter of June 13, 1983, requested reconsideration of the disallowance of that portion of his claim for temporary quarters and subsistence expenses which was disallowed by the Air Force on the basis of instructions issued by the Claims Group, U.S. General Accounting Office, in Z-2827169, September 28, 1981. Wc004

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