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B-233130 1 (1989-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnlg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States 44 Washington, D.C. 20648 Decision Hector J. Le Blanc and Alison P. Angel - Per Diem Matterof: Expenses at Headquarters File: B-233130 Date: May 19, 1989 DIGEST Employees claim expenses at their official duty station incident to their duties as escort officers for the United States Information Agency's International Visitors Program, which required their continuous presence at local hotels and restaurants. Absent specific statutory authority, employees are not entitled to subsistence or per diem at their offi- cial duty station regardless of unusual working conditions. However, to the extent such expenses were erroneously authorized by the agency, repayment of amounts advanced to cover such expenses may be considered for waiver under 5 U.S.C. S 5584, as amended. DECISION This is in response to a request from the Associate Director, United States Information Agency (USIA), for our decision concerning the entitlement of Mr. Hector J. Le Blanc and Ms. Alison P. Angel to reimbursement for lodging and meals expenses incurred in the vicinity of their official duty station. For the reasons stated below, Mr. Le Blanc and Ms. Angel are not entitled to reimburse- ment for those expenses. However, repayment of amounts advanced under orders erroneously authorizing such expenses may be considered for waiver under 5 U.S.C. S 5584, as amended. BACKGROUND Mr. Le Blanc and Ms. Angel, employees of the USIA, were asked to serve as escort officers for the agency's International Visitors Program and were issued travel orders authorizing them to travel from Washington, D.C., their official duty station, to various cities and return. Mr. Le Blanc and Ms. Angel received travel advances to be used for this purpose. At the completion of this duty, 0- O'3 /13 9 70-

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