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B-245282 1 (1992-04-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoax0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / - Comptrolier General of the United States W&ahitn D,C, 20648 Decision Matter of: Fraudulent Travel Vouchers rile: B-245282 Date: April 8, 1992 DIGEST In a case involving a claim against the federal government for payment, the burden is on the claimant to provide evidence of his entitlement to be paid. Since the claimant has made material statements of fact in, support of his claim for subsistence expenses that conflict with evidence provided by other witnesses, the claim is too doubtful to be approved for payment. However, transportation expenses the agency paid, which were not shown to be doubtful, should not be recouped. DECISION The Nationalh Transpottation Safety Board (NTSB), requests our review of its determination that an NTSB administrative law judge submitted a fraudulent travel voucher following an official trip to Germany in October 1990.1 For the following reasons, we sustain the agency's actions in part and reverse in part. BACKGROUND There is no dispute thht'ythe claimant traveled toGermany on official business to conduct a hearing in Frankfurt arising from a license holder's appeal of an Emergency Order of Revocation issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. His wife, who was not traveling on government business, accompanied him on this t'rip. The hearing had been set to begin October 3, 1990. In fact, the case settled on the first day, However, the claimant and his wife remained in Germany, traveling to Munich and 'The NTSB General Counsel requested our review of the determinations of NTSB's certifying officer on the claimant's claims. They.claimant is represented by counsel, Neil and Shaw, Attdrneys at, Law, who submitted briefs and documents on his behalf, and asked that the agency submit his appeal of the agency's determination to us.

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