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B-227484 1 (1987-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmuv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Larry W. Harris - Reimbursement for Cost of Meals at Temporary Duty Site File: B-227484 Date: August 26, 1987 DIGEST An employee authorized a special rate of per diem due to availability of meals and lodging at his temporary duty site may not be reimbursed for the cost of meals he obtained during the period of his temporary duty without a showing that his orders were in error regarding the availability of meals. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from Mr. Larry W. Harris for reconsideration of Settlement Certificate Z-2863911, March 23, 1987, by which our Claims Group denied his claim for reimbursement for meals consumed during a period of training at the National Guard Professional Education Center, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas. For the reasons stated below we must affirm the determination of our Claims Group. Mr. Harris, who is employed at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, attended the Security in Auto- mated Systems Course at Camp Robinson from August 6 to August 15, 1985. By a travel order dated August 5, Mr. Harris was authorized reimbursement for travel by privately owned automobile and per diem in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). The remarks section of the order provided that government quarters and rations were available. On August 16, 1985, Mr. Harris submitted a voucher for breakfast, lunch and dinner expenses from August 6 through August 15 in the amount $183.10. By a letter dated October 3, 1985, the Finance and Accounting Officer at the Pine Bluff Arsenal forwarded Mr. Harris's claim to the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. In that letter he stated 0 !b3

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