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B-215683 1 (1984-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmch0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ONCIION OP THE UNITED STATEE WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-215683 DATE: December 27, 1984 MATTER OF: Sergeant Joseph B. Antanavage, USAR DIQEST: 1. Army reservist performed travel for period of active duty training and received travel allowance based on timely written orders determined later by the Inspector General to be in- valid. However, the Inspector General also determined that the member per- formed the duties in good faith and should be paid. Corrected written orders, later published by direction of the Inspector General, to reflect the true intention to authorize travel, retroactively, are proper basis for payment. 2. Verbal travel orders were issued to an Army reservist for active duty train- ing in a marksmanship program. Written orders, published I year after performance of travel, purporting to confirm verbal orders, cannot support claims for reimbursement of travel expenses, in the absence of an ade- quate explanation for the 1-year delay in publication. A mere statement pro- vided 3 years later that the delay was the result of intercommand technical difficulties does not satisfy the explanation requirement. Background This is a review of action taken by our Claims Group denying claims presented by Sergeant Joseph B. Antanavage, United States Army Reserve, for travel expenses incurred during three periods of active duty training in 1981. These periods were February 27 through March 1, 1981; March 13 through 15, 1981; and an

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