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B-224811 1 (1987-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmvy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Mason E. Richwine - Per Diem on Temporary Duty - Barring Act File: B-224811 Date: September 25, 1987 DIGEST 1. An employee of the Forest Service claims per diem in connection with tours of duty at two worksites for the period from May 14, 1979, to November 16, 1984. His claim was received in the General Accounting Office (GAO) on October 8, 1985. That portion of his claim prior to October 8, 1979, is barred and may not be considered by GAO since it accrued more than 6 years prior to the date it was received by GAO. 31 U.S.C. S 3702(b) (1982). 2. A Forest Service employee claims per diem while assigned to a remote, seasonal worksite 6 months of every year. Although the agency designated two official duty stations for this employee and officially transferred him every 6 months from one station to the other, we conclude that the remote, seasonal worksite was a temporary duty location. The employee is entitled to appropriate per diem and mileage allowances while performing this temporary duty. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from Mr. Clarence E. Tipton, Authorized Certifying Officer, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, concerning the entitlement of Mr. Mason E. Richwine, an employee of the agency, to per diem, mileage allowances, and miscellaneous expense allowances for tours of duty at two worksites, the Hungry Horse Ranger Station and the Spotted Bear Ranger Station, both located in the Flathead National Forest, Montana. The basic issue is whether, as the agency contends, Mr. Richwine was properly transferred between the two ranger stations, thus making each ranger station an official duty station or whether, as the employee asserts, Hungry Horse was his official duty station and the duty he performed at Spotted Bear was temporary duty, which entitles him to reduced per diem allowances. For the reasons stated later ONco7O

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