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B-225977 1 (1988-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnbo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: tlLSA 0 The Comptroler General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Ronald Bartell - Personal Emergency Travel froma Matterof. Foreign Area at Government Expense - Waiver File: B-225977 Date: April 14, 1988 DIGEST An employee, not in the Foreign Service, who was stationed in a foreign area, requests waiver of an erroneous payment of travel expenses which arose when he was authorized emergency round-trip travel to the United States through use of a Government Travel Request (GTR). There is no indication that the employee was aware he was not entitled to emergency travel at government expense or that he had any reason to question Mission and Embassy personnel who advised him and obtained the airline tickets at government expense. Therefore, we conclude that that erroneous payment of his round-trip airfare in the amount of $848.60 may be waived under 5 U.S.C. § 5584, as amended. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the Controller, Department of Energy (DOE). It concerns the claim of Mr. Ronald Bartell for waiver of his debt to the United States which arose incident to emergency personal travel performed from an overseas duty station. We conclude that waiver may be granted for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Ronald Bartell, an employee of DOE, was transferred to the United States Mission to the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, in January 1984, for permanent duty. On April 25, 1986, while still stationed in Vienna, Mr. Bartell performed round-trip emergency travel back to the United States due to a death in the family. His airfare was procured through use of a Government Transportation Request (GTR) issued by the Mission at a cost of $848.60, which was charged to DOE by the State Department. Additionally, Mr. Bartell filed a claim for an additional $77.43, representing miscellaneous transportation expenses to and from air terminals both in the United States and in Austria.

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