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B-233826 1 (1989-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnpy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LThe Comptroller Generai of the United States Washinamo, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Daniel J. Newell - Waiver - Erroneous Travel Advance File: B-233826 Date: October 24, 1989 DIGEST A transferred employee was issued travel orders erroneousl authorizing reimbursement of temporary quarters subsistenc expenses (TQSE) and was given a travel advance. After he incurred expenses in reliance on the orders and submitted voucher, the agency discovered the error. Repayment of th portion of his travel advance for TQSE still outstanding i waived under 5 U.S.C. S 5584, as amended, since the advanc was made to cover expenses erroneously authorized and the employee actually spent the advance in qood faith reliance on the erroneous travel orders. DECISION The Chief, Travel Section of the Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon, forward the claim of Mr. Daniel J. Newell, for waiver of his indebtedness. Mr. Newell had been erroneously advanced $6,300 for temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) to which he was not entitled. For the reasons stated belo we grant waiver for $6,268.85 of this indebtedness. BACKGROUND Mr. Newell was selected for a permanent change of duty station from Vancouver, Washington, to Alvey Substation ne Eugene, Oregon. The record indicates that prior to Mr. Newell's transfer to Alvey Substation, his residence was located in Salem, Oregon, a distance of approximately 61.2 miles from Vancouver and approximately 69.5 miles in the opposite direction to his new duty station, Alvey Substation. A Travel Authorization dated March 29, 1988, was incorrect completed by the Travel Section approving 30 days TQSE to which Mr. Newell was not entitled. The travel authorizatj was amended May 16, 1988, to allow a second 30 days, and

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