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B-237169 1 (1990-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnsj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: '14)w ti I The COmnpaller General of the United States WasngtM, D.C. 20645 Decision Sherry C. Boutwell - Waiver - Erroneous Travel Advance Matter of: B-237169 File: Date: March 23, 1990 DIGEST In reliance on erroneous advice, a new employee incurred per diem expenses during orientation at her permanent duty station. While her claim for per diem may not be paid, waiver of her remaining indebtedness for the travel advance may be considered under 5 U.S.C. S 5584 (1988) if the employee incurred the expenses in good faith reliance on erroneous agency advice and if collection of the debt would be against equity and good conscience. DECISION The issue in this decision concerns a claim for per diem expenses which were erroneously authorized to a new employee at her first duty station. For the reasons that follow, we hold that, while the claim may not be paid, the employee's outstanding indebtedness for the travel advance may be considered for waiver. BACKGROUND A regional fiscal management officer of the Internal Revenue Service, San Francisco, California, has requested an advance decision concerning the claim of Ms. Sherry C. Boutwell for certain per diem expenses. Ms. Boutwell was hired by the Internal Revenue Service and directed to report to Laguna Niguel, California, her permanent duty station, on July 5, 1988, for a 1-week orientation. She was then to report to Riverside, California, for a 6-week training session. The record indicates she was authorized two travel advanc,- totaling $3,000 for per diem for the first 7 weeks of employment (July 5 through August 24, 1988), including th week of July 5-9, for orientation. However, Ms. Boutwe[l was informed on July 28, 1989, that she was not eligible per diem for the week of t-)ientation. Thus, her travel

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